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Shooting star/ meteor in the southern sky, wow! Bright like a firework, lasting only about 0.5 seconds. Heading SSW. #Astronomy #meteor

August 12: the Perseids peak on the same night as the total solar eclipse — the year's greatest stargazing event https://www.outsideonline.com/adventure-travel/advice/perseid-meteor-shower-2026-how-to-watch/ If there’s one night of 2026 to watch the sky, it’s this one. The post August 12 Will Be the Year’s Greatest Stargazing Day. Here’s Everything You Need to Know. appeared first on Outside Online . #travel #meteor #astronomy

Celebrate #summer with two back-to-back #meteor shower bonanzas These #meteorshowers occur around the same time every year, with their peaks taking place over four days at the end of July First up are the #SouthernDeltaAquariids, scientists don’t know which #space rock the Southern Delta Aquariids originate from! Second the #AlphaCapricornids are famous for their slow, bright, colorful fireballs. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-southern-delta-aquariids-and-alpha-capricornids-meteor-showers-are-about-to-peak/ https://archive.ph/flQwU

#science #meteor I found this a good read; it's well done and informative, so I'm sharing. #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #sf #scienceFictionhttps://www.zmescience.com/feature-post/space-astronomy/solar-system/asteroids-meteors-comets/huba-largest-meteorite-earth

“I'm still quite blown away.” I love a story of an amateur enthusiast discovering something fabulous. #GiantMeteor #meteor https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/meteor-crater-quebec-discovery-390-million-years-old-9.7268583

#KnowledgeBit: The #Geminid #Meteor shower is one of the most popular meteor showers each year, known for its fast, bright meteors. It's caused by the object 3200 Phaethon, which is thought to be an Apollo asteroid with a "rock comet" orbit. https://knowledgezone.co.in/kbits/6687a31a6d1e9ace70afbe63

OK #monsterdon we've trained for this 😬🌋☄️ #Meteor crashes into erupting #Mayon #volcano https://youtu.be/kRntP5h3AqI