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This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher: The April Lyrid Meteor Shower

The Orionid meteor shower: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Could we experience the first-ever human-made meteor shower?

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Catch the Perseid meteor shower! This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Perseid meteors

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How to watch the Perseids, 2024’s best meteor shower

Leonid meteors

Do meteor showers create meteorites?

perseid meteors

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Must-see: Catch a double meteor shower tonight

A bright Geminid fireball lights up the sky above Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona

How to see the best annual meteor showers: Dates, names, tips for best viewing

Halley's Comet

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How to see meteors from 3,000 years ago this week

Lryid meteor

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How to see the Lyrid meteor shower: Peak times and where to look

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Catch the Lyrid meteor shower: This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

A stunning long-exposure photograph of the Perseid meteors 2023. The vertical Milky Way gives off the illusion that the inactive Mount Erciyes volcano, is active again! Credit: Kayseri Erciyes A.Ş. Ski Resort.

Astronomy invites you to view the Perseids from an inactive Turkish volcano