meteors

I'm wondering if I should report it, or if it's unusual at all. This was spectacular! Below are some Photoshop images I made to try and replicate how it appeared to me. I was at my Dad's around 12:35 am, July 31, 2021. He lives in a small town called Copperopolis if you want to look it up. Ya...

I have an astronomy question I hope someone here can answer. I’ve been reading news about comet 209P/LINEAR and the possibility of a new significant meteor shower in May, but I don’t quite get why it has never occurred before. I think I might be realizing something I had not realized before...

This came up in one of the other threads but I thought it deserved its own line of discussion. Do you think there should be a program of ongoing meteor/comet interdiction? Personally I am thinking of a small program, possibly overseen by the US Air Force, that would conduct a few launches per...

About 8:30AM out of a clear blue sky came a boom unlike anything I had ever heard. It shook the house, knocking pictures out of alignment, scared my pets and damn near had me crapping myself. It was so sharp and violent I was sure that someone had just run a car into my house or something. Only...

I've heard that a meteor striking the earth is worse than an asteroid but I forgot why.

This night and tomorrow! And the night after, go out at two am, lie on you back and enjoy. You might want bug spray. http://meteorshowersonline.com/perseids.html