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Leonid Meteor Shower

Posted by Hemos on from the very-nice dept.

Tristan Bennett writes "It looks as though those in Australia and America are in for a real treat. During the week before and after November 18, the Earth will pass through the trail of comet Tempel-Tuttle and be pelted with hail of sand-sized material. This year is supposed to be special, with astronomers predicting anywhere from 800 (North America) - 8,000 (Australia) meteors visible per hour at the storm's peak -- on November 18th."

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  1. Is it just me.... by Teancom · · Score: 1, Troll

    or have there been a lot of stories lately about rocks hitting the earth. Coincidence? I think not. The /. editors are in league with the government to help make the populace cower in fear, increasing the amount of control they have over us. Well I for one am going to fight back! Write your representative at the MPAA and fight to make Bruce Willis president. Only then can we know that we are safe.

    Sigh... If only I looked as good as Mel Gibson did, maybe *I* would get paid millions of dollars to say crap like that....