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thin blue lines connect faint points in a starry night sky above a low horizon of short city trees and buildings. Just right of top center, a small moon hangs to the left of a bright point labeled Jupiter. On the left in the center, from the constellation Leo, A point labeled Leonids protrudes green lines in many directions.

The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Are 'shooting stars' in the forecast for 2024?

By Joe Rao published

The annual Leonid meteor shower peaks on Nov. 17, 2024, but a bright moon just two days past full will make viewing this year's Leonids difficult.

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a bright flash of light crosses the night sky above businesses and street lights along a road

Brilliant fireball explodes over North America as satellites capture flash from space (video)

By Brett Tingley published

Cameras and NOAA weather satellites captured the moment when a meteor exploded into a brilliant fireball over the western U.S. and parts of western Canada.

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several meteors streak across the star-studded sky leaving long white trails across the night sky above a vegetated terrain.

Leonid meteor shower 2024: When, where and how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Leonid meteor shower is active between Nov. 3 and Dec. 2 and will peak on Nov. 16, producing up to 15 meteors per hour.

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A large bright streak of light across the star-studded background with the aurora borealis shining below as a ribbon of green light.

Taurid meteor shower 2024: When, where and how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Taurid meteor shower is composed of two streams known as the Southern Taurids and the Northern Taurids. We explore this impressive shower in more detail here.

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Perseid meteor showers were captured at Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park of California, United States on August 12, 2024.

'Interstellar' fireballs likely came from within our solar system, study suggests

By Keith Cooper published

The imprecision in the measurements of claimed interstellar fireballs means it is highly likely they originate in the solar system instead, a new study reports.

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fireball captured with a white, bright head at the right

Spooky fireball blazes across Lake Erie a week before Halloween (video)

By Josh Dinner published

A fireball lit up the skies over Lake Erie on Monday (Oct. 21) evening, eliciting hundreds of witness reports to the American Meteor Society.

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a bright streak of light crosses the night sky above silhouettes of trees

Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend: How to see bits of Halley's comet burn up in the night sky

By Joe Rao published

The Orionid meteor shower 2024 reaches its peak in the pre-dawn hours on Monday, Oct. 21, but this year a bright moon could make it difficult to see these shooting stars.

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A line of light stretches across a star-studded sky next to a little white lighthouse perched on the rocks.

Orionid meteor shower 2024: When, where & how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Orionid meteor shower peaks between Oct. 20 and Oct. 21 and is visible until early November. We explore the annual shower in more detail here.

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Draconid meteors streak across the night sky. The Milky Way can also be seen stretching across the star-studded sky.

Draconid meteor shower 2024: When, where & how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Draconid meteor shower peaks around Oct. 8. Here we explore what the Draconids are, where they are found and how you can see them.

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The Geminid meteor shower can produce over one hundred meteors per hour. In this photograph, the Geminid meteor shower is seen above the Kubuqi Desert of Inner Mongolia, China on Dec. 13, 2020.

Geminid meteor shower 2024: When, where & how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. Our guide tells you where and how to see them.

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