Springtime stargazers are in for a treat; the Lyrid meteor shower will peak in a dazzling show tonight and early tomorrow morning (April 22-23). Source: https://www.livescience.com/65288-how-to-watch-lyrid-meteor-shower.html
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The Lyrids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies
It can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be able to see it. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/21/science/lyrids-meteor-shower.html?partner=rss&emc=rss…
Watch for moon, Jupiter, Lyrid meteors
That bright moon in the sky before sunup will drown most of the ongoing Lyrid meteor shower from view. But the moon offers its own delights, sweeping past Jupiter in the next few mornings. Source: https://earthsky.org/sky-archive/vega-lights-the-way-to-lyrid-meteor-radiant…
An Interstellar Meteor May Have Hit Earth
Two Harvard researchers believe a small meteor that struck earth in 2014 was from another solar system, saying it’s “like getting a message in a bottle from a distant location.” CNN reports:
Dr. Abraham Loeb, the chair of the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University, and his co-author Amir Siraj, studied the velocity of objects entering the Earth’s atmosphere, which can be…
Find the Lyrid meteors’ radiant point
You don’t need to find the radiant to see the meteors. But it’s fun to spot, near the bright star Vega. Source: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/how-to-find-lyrid-meteor-radiant-point…
An interstellar rock may have hit Earth in 2014 but nobody noticed
In 2017 astronomers spotted the first interstellar object in our solar system, ‘Oumuamua, but our planet may have been hit by a meteor from another star in 2014 Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2200302-an-interstellar-rock-may-have-hit-earth-in-2014-but-nobody-noticed/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Second Interstellar Meteor Discovered and This One Hit the Earth
Move over, ‘Oumuamua … there’s a new interstellar object in town. Well, there was, according to Abraham (Avi) Loeb, the astronomer who will be forever linked to ‘Oumuamua because of his theory that the cigar-shaped, not-of-this-solar-system object might actually be artificially made – in other words, an interstellar spaceship or solar sail. Despite some ridicule,… Read more » Source: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/04/second-interstellar-meteor-discovered-and-this-one-hit-the-earth/…
Meteor seen blazing through skies over East Coast
Residents along the East Coast have reported seeing a meteor blazing across the nighttime sky. Source: https://phys.org/news/2019-04-meteor-blazing-east-coast.html…
Earth was hit by interstellar visitor in 2014
Scientists have revealed that a meteor from another star system may have collided with the Earth 5 years ago. There was much excitement in the scienti… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/327021/earth-was-hit-by-interstellar-visitor-in-2014
Another Meteorite from Mars Shows Signs of Organic Life
How much evidence do you need before you accept the idea that Mars was once teeming with microbial life forms? Would two meteorites sent direct from the surface of the Red Planet that are filled with fossils convince you? Then get ready to yell “I believe!” Scientists given permission to take a thin slice out… Continue reading Another Meteorite from Mars Shows Signs of Organic Life