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The Great Meteor Storm of 1833

By |2024-12-10T08:09:08-05:00December 10th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day It was a night of 100,000 meteors. The Great Meteor Storm of 1833 was perhaps the most impressive meteor event in recent history. Best visible over eastern North America during the pre-dawn hours of November 13, many people -- including a young Abraham Lincoln -- were woken up to see [...]

The Meteor and the Comet

By |2024-11-27T08:09:06-05:00November 27th, 2024|Categories: NASA News, Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , , |

Photo of the Day How different are these two streaks? The streak on the upper right is Comet Tsuchinshan-Atlas showing an impressive dust tail. The comet is a large and dirty iceberg that entered the inner Solar System and is shedding gas and dust as it is warmed by the Sun's light. The streak [...]

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