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Watch The Leonid Meteor Shower This Weekend

5:27pm November 13, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

Hopefully you don't have anything planned between midnight Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday because with a clear calendar and clear skies you should be able to catch a glimpse of a few meteors.

Dashcam video from the Lisle Police Department in Lisle, Ill., captured images of a meteor as it streaked over Lake Michigan early Monday morning.

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WATCH: Huge, Green Fireball Streaks Across Midwest Sky

1:12pm February 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

If you were outside in the Midwest around 1:30 Monday morning, you may have received quite a shock. The vivid meteor lit up the sky and set off sonic booms. Dramatic video captured the moment.

The re-entry of a Chinese rocket stage lit up the sky over Utah, Nevada and California on Wednesday night.

Science

Western U.S. Saw An Amazing Light Show Last Night, Courtesy Of China

12:55pm July 28, 2016

by Bill Chappell

The bright object — part of a Chinese rocket — appeared in skies over the western U.S. around 9:30 p.m. Pacific Time, sparking a flurry of reports and a number of striking videos.

Dwarf planet Ceres is seen in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, where it resides well away from Earth. NASA is hoping to quell online rumors that a massive near-Earth asteroid is due to hit us next month.

Science

NASA: Rumors Of Impending Doom Are Greatly Exaggerated

3:02pm August 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The space agency says "numerous recent blogs and web postings" that a giant asteroid will smash into Earth next month are just a hoax.

A meteor's vapor trail above the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, on Friday.

World News

'No Link' Between Meteor That Hurt Hundreds And Asteroid That Flew By

3:40pm February 15, 2013

by Mark Memmott

The sights and sounds across Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday as a meteor came roaring in were awesome. There are reports of more than 900 people being injured, most when windows shattered. But European Space Agency experts say there's no connection to the large asteroid that's whizzing past Earth later in the day.

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