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Meteor Showers

Posted by michael on from the bring-your-umbrella dept.

Nick Davison writes: "This weekend promises another good meteor display with the Perseids expected to be falling at up to one a minute at around 6am PST Sunday morning. The big show of the year, however, is expected to be the Leonids that peak November 18th - they are expected to briefly peak at around 15,000/hour."

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  1. Not again... by Powercntrl · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Every time I hear news like this, it reminds me of the movie Armageddon. Why can't life imitate a different hollywood blockbuster? I'd really like to see the look on the alien's faces when their ships start blowing up when they get attacked by Code Red...

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