The Leonid meteors are a few years away from producing the kind meteor storm that dazzles stargazers once about every 33 years, but the fast fireballs they're known for producing should still put ...

SOME astronomical events we see often, like shooting stars, but these are only a fraction of the dazzling celestial wonders occurring over the vast expanse of time. However, there are still four ...

The bright object that was seen over in the Murmansk Region, inside the Arctic Circle, was a bolide from the Leonids meteor shower, scientists say MURMANSK, November 17. /TASS/. The bright object ...

Leonids are bright and fast-moving white meteors. The intensity of meteor showers varies year to ... Those who were awake to witness the storm said it was like a snowstorm. And in 1966, witnesses ...

Although the Lyrids have been known to occasionally produce a “meteor storm,” the best best way ... November 16-17: Leonids meteor shower (moon is 5% illuminated) December 13-14: Geminids ...

the stunning 1966 Leonid meteor storm, or seeing Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, at the dawn of the Space Age in 1957. These are just a few examples of exceptional naked eye sky sights.