What to know about seeing the Leonids meteor shower Sunday night in Topeka area
This particular shower comes from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which takes about 33 years to orbit around the sun and back near Earth, according to NASA's website. The comet was "discovered" twice: first in 1865 by Ernst Temple and then in 1866 by Horace Tuttle, which is where the comet's namesake comes from.
Meteors during the Leonid shower are considered to be some of the fastest to appear each year, NASA said, as they travel at ...
Skywatchers, get ready to witness some celestial activity as the Leonids and Northern Taurids meteor showers peak in ...
The Leonid meteor shower, considered a major shower, will bring along fireballs and "Earth-grazer" meteors. How to watch.
The sight of a supermoon is a treat. When the Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend, however, that bright glowing orb will still be nearly full, so most places will probably be obscured by all but ...
The Leonids meteor shower, which has been known to produce meteor storms in the past, will reach its peak this weekend.
More a popular term than a scientific one, a supermoon occurs when a full lunar phase syncs up with an especially close swing ...
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