Invaders from Space! Leonid Showers tonight.

Space.Com, Astronomy Magazine and The American Meteor Society all have tons of information, viewing guides and historical perspectives for you to peruse in anticipation of tonight Lonid meteor shower. Many are predicting a once in a lifetime event, as the Earth is expected to swing through 3 debris trails laid down by Comet 55p/Temple-Tuttle. One article mentions that up to 10,000 events per hour could be in the offing. So if you feel like staying up till 2am pst (10 ut) you'll be able to check it out. I know we've been hyping this event, but, well, we are okay with this.

Comments

this could be bad

[Anonymous Coward]

in the film 'night of the living dead' a probe from space brought with it a strange radiation which caused corpses to walk and feed off the flesh of the living. this could happen with these meteors too. by the film's 2nd sequal 'day of the dead' there were very few living humans left.

Re:friends in Asia -- watch for a big meteor showe

[sporty]

heh, some people are fleeing their countires for other reasons. (snicker)

Afghanistan

[istartedi]

What will it look like from there, and if it is really spectacular will there actually be people with a middle ages education thinking it's 1. another bombing run of some kind, or 2. a bad omen from Allah?