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The Geminids meteor shower, one of the best meteor showers of the year, peaks during the night of December 13-14, 2018 and shows up to 100-150 meteors per hour in dark sky. Join Slooh for a live show during which we enjoy live feeds from partner observatories of Geminid meteors and discuss this remarkable annual celestial event.

On November 27, 1885, an astronomer made the first known photograph of a meteor. The picture was taken by Austro-Hungarian astronomer Ladislaus Weinek. He captured the trail of the meteor on a photographic plate in the Czech Republic. The meteor he captured was part of the Andromedid meteor shower. The Andromedids were associated with Biela's Comet, which broke apart in the 1850s. When Weinek observed the meteor shower in 1885, it was in the middle of a meteor storm. This means that there were way more meteors than usual. Skywatchers could see thousands of meteors per hour. What used to be a spectacular annual meteor shower is now hardly even visible. Instead of photographic plates or digital cameras, astronomers now have to use special tracking equipment to record images of Andromedid meteors.

In a remote area of northwest Greenland, an international team of scientists has made a stunning discovery, buried beneath a kilometer of ice. It’s a meteor impact crater, 300 meters deep and bigger than Paris or the Beltway around Washington, DC. It is one of the 25 largest known impact craters on Earth, and the first found under any of our planet’s ice sheets. The researchers first spotted the crater in July 2015, while they were inspecting a new map of the topography beneath Greenland's ice sheet that used ice-penetrating radar data primarily from Operation IceBridge, an ongoing NASA airborne mission to track changes in polar ice, and earlier NASA airborne missions in Greenland. Read more: https://go.nasa.gov/2RSkn1u This video is public domain and along with other supporting visualizations can be downloaded from the Scientific Visualization Studio at: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12941 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Jefferson Beck Footage and co-production courtesy of the National History Museum of Denmark/University of Copenhagen, the Underground Channel, and the Alfred Wegener Institute Music credit: "Timelapse Variations - Remixed" Natalie Draper, Composer Original recording: Symphony Number One, SNOtone Records Dan Rorke, Audio Engineer Jordan Smith, Music Director http://www.nataliedraper.net https://symphonynumber.one If you liked this video, subscribe to the NASA Goddard YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/NASAExplorer Follow NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center · Instagram http://www.instagram.com/nasagoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddard · Twitter http://twitter.com/NASAGoddardPix · Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/NASA.GSFC · Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc

The Hypatia stone is one of the weirdest rocks on the planet. It's not just out of this world, it might be out of this solar system! At 0:54 Reid says "Meteorical Society," but it should be "Meteoritical Society." For special, curated artifacts of this universe, check out https://scishowfinds.com/ ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.astronomy.com/news/2018/01/the-hypatia-stones-composition-leaves-researchers-questioning-where-and-how-it-formed https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uoj-ehs010918.php https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0012821X13004998 https://www.livescience.com/61409-extraterrestrial-hypatia-stone.html https://www.researchgate.net/publication/322097558_Petrography_of_the_carbonaceous_diamond-bearing_stone_Hypatia_from_southwest_Egypt_A_contribution_to_the_debate_on_its_origin ------ Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/polished-banded-agate-gm821135262-132773273 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Roca_del_elefante,_Heimaey,_Islas_Vestman,_Su%C3%B0urland,_Islandia,_2014-08-17,_DD_036.JPG https://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/159943.php?from=381431 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Libyan_Desert_Glass.jpg https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11541 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/onyx-marble-blue-orange-yellow-red-purple-brown-beijing-china-gm522303770-91557345 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NWA869Meteorite.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/texture-lot-of-diamonds-isolated-on-white-background-gm906744550-249877602 https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/dictionary/Kuiper_Belt.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17046_-_Voyager_1_Goes_Interstellar.jpg

Dozens of phone calls have been made to the Perth Observatory after people reported 'a giant fireball' above south-west Australia. The fireball is believed to have been a meteor that entered the Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 20km per second, according to the observatory. Scientists from Curtin University are investigating whether the meteor completely burned up in the atmosphere or hit the ground near York, a town about 100km east of Perth Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Support the Guardian ► https://theguardian.com/supportus The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com The Guardian YouTube network: The Guardian ► www.youtube.com/theguardian Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture Guardian Science and Tech ► http://is.gd/guardiantech

A spectacular fireball was captured by NASA cameras.

Streaming from Balmville New York... SkyWatcher Gaming Wednesday-Thusday August 15-16, 2018 Direct link to this video: https://youtu.be/Orxc7d3sY9Y

Please read the distribution below: Sunday - Monday August 12-13, 2018 The Perseids Meteor Shower this year is on August 12-13, 2018. The peek for the shower is on the 13th at 4:00 AM. Some say this year there could be 200 meteors an hour (lets hope so). I will been importing live streams from other places in the USA into the stream. More on this later... Added bonus... There will be an Iridium Flare (satellite flare) passing into the field of view at 10:11 p.m. my time.

The Perseid meteor shower is ready to put a great shows up there, this year. At Virtual Telescope, we will share it live, online, for you to enjoy it from the comfort of your home. More: https://www.virtualtelescope.eu/

Please read description below: Saturday- Sunday August 11-12, 2018 The Perseids Meteor Shower maximum peak this year is on August 12-13, 2018. The peak time for the shower is on the 13th at 4:00 AM. Some say this year there could be 100 meteors an hour (lets hope so). Added bonus... NASA's Parker Solar Probe launch time has been set for 3:31 a.m. (1:31 a. m. my time). 30 minutes before the launch I'll insert the launch live stream, bottom right of of the screen. I'll will also be streaming the Perseids Meteor Shower Sunday night and Monday night too!!! Please subscribe to my Youtube channel (bell icon) so that you will receive an email when I go live.

According to Business Insider, the best meteor shower of the year is going to take place this weekend. Perseids meteor showers are identified by explosions of light and color as well as their long, streaking tails. These meteor showers typically that last longer than other meteor showers. This year, the viewing of the meteors will be particularly spectacular, since there's a new moon on August 11th. This means that there will be almost no moonlight to interfere with the show. The best time to watch the Perseids shower will be on the night of August 12th and the early morning of August 13th. https://www.businessinsider.com/perseids-meteor-shower-2018-8 http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

Friday-Saturday Augest 10-1, 2018 The Perseids Meteor Shower this year is on August 12-13, 2018. The peek for the shower is on the 13th at 4:00 AM. Some say this year there could be 100 meteors an hour (lets hope so).

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of August 12 into the morning of August 13. With a clear sky, observers will be able to see up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. NASA Science: http://science.nasa.gov/

Whether it’s the Perseids meteor shower in August or the Orionids in October, meteor showers are one of those light shows we can always count on year after year. And that regularity has everything to do with what you’re actually seeing when you watch a meteor shower. Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's, gaming, science, digital culture, and more. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai TI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_insider/ TI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinsider INSIDER on Snapchat: https://insder.co/2KJLtVo -------------------------------------------------- Following is the transcript of the video: Solar eclipses are rare and you can never predict when an aurora will illuminate the sky. But there's one cosmic light show we can always count on. Meteor showers. They happen around the same time each year and have been doing so for centuries. But despite their brilliance and beauty it doesn't take much to make a meteor shower. You just need three ingredients, the sun, Earth and a comet. Comets have been around since the dawn of our solar system over four-and-a-half billion years ago. They formed out of the same disc of gas and dust that created earth and the other seven planets. And like the other planets they too orbit the sun but that's where the similarities end. Most planets orbit the sun on fairly circular orbits whereas comets take a more elliptical path through our solar system. Check out Halley's Comet for example. Right now it's beyond the orbit of the furthest planet Neptune. But over the next 50 years it will travel about three billion miles toward the inner reaches of our solar system. Eventually flying past Earth in the year 2061. And it's encounters like this that make meteor showers possible. Because as a comet approaches the inner solar system, the sun's radiation heats up ice under the surface and as that ice turns to a vapor it generates powerful outbursts of gas and dust, sometimes ejecting hundreds of tons of material into space per second. The result is a brilliant stream of debris called the comet tail or coma, which can stretch hundreds to thousands of miles across. In fact, space is littered with comet tail debris that our planet passes through each year. And when that happens, the debris strikes our atmosphere at over 100,000 miles an hour, incinerating the four-and-a-half billion year old fragments in seconds. This produces brilliant flashes of light that we call a meteor shower. Now some meteor showers are more spectacular than others, giving us anywhere from a few to over a hundred meteors an hour. And even the same meteor shower can vary from year to year. It all depends on how much debris we scoop up as we pass through the tail. Regardless, comet tails tend to follow the same path as the comet itself, which means they pass through the same spot along Earth's orbit. That's why we get the same meteor showers around the same time each year. At the end of October for example, we pass through the tale of Halley's Comet which gives us the Orionids meteor shower. And every August, we pass through comet Swift-Tuttle's tail which we see as the Perseids meteor shower. But it's not just October and August, meteor showers occur year-round. So check your calendar to see when the next one will be coming to a sky near you.

A long standing question that we seem to ask ourselves is, where do we come from? And while there are many responses to that question, it appears that science is one step closer to figuring it out. According to Geek.com, a new study lead by the University of Manchester points to ancient meteorites as a source for possible clues to understanding the genesis of life on Earth. The study confirms that organic matter found in a 4.5 billion year old chondritic asteroid made during the infant stage of our Solar System, formed from basic chemical reactions. The study’s findings suggest that if organic material can develop from basic chemical processes in galaxy, why shouldn’t that be true in other planetary systems. https://www.geek.com/news/ancient-meteorites-shed-light-on-early-solar-system-1748457/?source http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

4 days left until Perseid Meteor Shower!

I'm all so streaming this meteor shower from Balmville New York. Here is a direct link to SkyWatcher Gaming if you wish to view from that site: https://youtu.be/ITOGkCCuSjo (Thanks Bill!)

The Perseids delight stargazers every year, but this year's meteor shower might be one of the best. Be Smarter. Faster. More Colorful and get the full story at http://www.usatoday.com/ Want even more?! Subscribe to USA TODAY’s YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh Like USA TODAY on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/usatoday Follow USA TODAY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/USATODAY

Outreach video about the observation of the 2018 Perseids

Meteoroids slammed into the moon twice in a 24 hour period on July 17 and 18, 2018. The Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System (MIDAS) project in Spain captured the fireworks. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/41356-watch-two-meteorites-hit-the-moon.html Credit: Space.com / footage courtesy: Moon Impacts Detection and Analysis System (MIDAS)/Jose Maria Madiedo / produced and edited by Steve Spaleta

What's up in the night sky this month? The best meteor shower of the year! The Perseids peak on a moonless summer night –from 4 p.m. on the 12th until 4 a.m. on the 13th EDT. Thanks to a new moon, the days before and after the peak will also provide nice, dark skies. The best time to look for shooting stars is from a few hours after twilight until dawn on the days surrounding the peak. For more star parties and astronomy events near you, visit https://nightsky.nasa.gov

Save the date to watch the peak of the Perseid meteor shower—an always-anticipated feature of the night sky—August 12 and 13th. This month, backyard telescopes will also reveal sunlight reflecting off the clouds of Venus’s thick atmosphere and the Ring Nebula, an expanding shell of glowing gas in the constellation Lyra. “Tonight’s Sky” is produced by HubbleSite.org, online home of the Hubble Space Telescope. This is a recurring show, and you can find more episodes—and other astronomy videos—at http://hubblesite.org/videos/science Subscribe For More Videos Like This: http://www.youtube.com/user/ouramazingspace?sub_confirmation=1 See my latest videos : https://www.youtube.com/user/ouramazingspace/videos Bringing you the BEST Space and Astronomy videos online. Showcasing videos and images from the likes of NASA,ESA,Hubble etc. Join me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spaceisamazing Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmazingSpace2 Google+ : http://goo.gl/1WCBn9 Music by Keving Macleod http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/

See more images from this event by visiting http://bit.ly/acapricornids Recently, I spent 6 days backpacking up and over massive peaks within California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. My trip was planned around the Waxing Gibbous phase of the moon to take advantage of moonlit, mountainous and alpine landscapes at high altitudes. From ~12,000-foot elevations, the stars glistened vividly, colorful, and radiant. Challenging daily thunderstorms seemed to follow me around every corner however, I was rewarded each cool night with a few moments of clear skies. During the third night of the trip, I prepared a time-lapse to capture the moonset, followed by the Milky Way positioning itself behind a 12,700-foot mountain peak in the distance. In a rare stroke of luck, my camera captured an unmistakably massive meteor ‘Fireball’ entering our atmosphere. I thought the most impressive part of the image above was just how brilliant the meteor was. The explosion was so bright it briefly illuminated the entire landscape. Music by Doug Maxwell entitled "Breathing Planet."

A Japanese startup company is gearing up to launch the world's first artificial meteor shower.

According to Digitaltrends.com, ALE Co., a Tokyo-based startup says you shouldn't have to wait for a meteor shower to look at shooting start. The company is looking to develop a system that would offer paying customers “shooting stars on demand,” and based on a report by Japan Times, the first man-made meteor shower in the history of the world could take place in just two years. The system depends upon two satellites, both of which are currently being developed. The satellites are set to be programmed to send the tiny fireworks flying in the right place, speed, and direction in order to achieve visible illumination even over an extremely crowded metropolitan area. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/japan-man-made-meteor-shower/ http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit Tech using http://wochit.com

On June 9, 1952, the Abee meteorite fell in Alberta, Canada, at 11:05 at night. The space stone weighed nearly 326 pounds and was recovered from a 6 foot- deep crater in a wheat field when it was found five days later. A piece of it is on display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Abee is classified as enstatite chondrite with petrologic type 4. It is the only type in the world of this specific meteorite. Scientists think meteorites like Abee formed near the sun, where it would contain little or no water, according to the museum.

According to Gizmodo, in 2008 a large meteor detonated above Sudan, covering the area with shards of material. Scientists have been collecting and analyzing these samples to see what can be learned from them. New research indicates that there was likely a Mercury or Mars-sized planet that has been shredded and scattered throughout the system. The 80-ton meteorite is known as Almahata Sitta, and is the first significant evidence that another proto-world existed long ago in our solar system. This micro world may have collided with another proto-planet and caused a huge debris field to get scattered across the solar system. It is speculated this helped to seed many of the planetary bodies we see today, like Earth. https://www.geek.com/science/diamonds-found-in-meteorite-tell-story-of-destroyed-planet-1737483/?source http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

According to a recent study, the meteorite that came down over Sudan’s Nubian desert a decade ago is a remnant of a long-lost planet.

On the hunt for lost meteorites in Antarctica (which totally sounds like a mission straight out of Tomb Raider), researchers from the U.K.’s University of Manchester have turned to innovative metal-detecting technology to help them. https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/hunt-meteorites-antarctica-metal-detector/ http://www.wochit.com This video was produced by YT Wochit News using http://wochit.com

Videos posted to social media purportedly show the night sky lighting up over Michigan on Tuesday. The National Weather Service in Detroit said it was a likely meteor. Subscribe to the CBS News Channel HERE: http://youtube.com/cbsnews Watch CBSN live HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7 Follow CBS News on Instagram HERE: https://www.instagram.com/cbsnews/ Like CBS News on Facebook HERE: http://facebook.com/cbsnews Follow CBS News on Twitter HERE: http://twitter.com/cbsnews Get the latest news and best in original reporting from CBS News delivered to your inbox. Subscribe to newsletters HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T Get your news on the go! Download CBS News mobile apps HERE: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8 Get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day, stream CBSN and local news live, and watch full seasons of CBS fan favorites like Star Trek Discovery anytime, anywhere with CBS All Access. Try it free! http://bit.ly/1OQA29B --- CBSN is the first digital streaming news network that will allow Internet-connected consumers to watch live, anchored news coverage on their connected TV and other devices. At launch, the network is available 24/7 and makes all of the resources of CBS News available directly on digital platforms with live, anchored coverage 15 hours each weekday. CBSN. Always On.

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Jan 3-4 and on January 31, 2017, a total (and partial) lunar eclipse will be visible. Also, Jupiter and Mars will converge. -- First Blue Moon Total Lunar Eclipse in 150 Years! - https://www.space.com/39241-first-blue-moon-total-eclipse-150-years.html Quadrantids Skywatching Guide: https://www.space.com/35142-quadrantid-meteor-shower-guide.html Credit: NASA JPL-Caltech

Residents of the northeast region have reported sightings of a possible meteor on 26 December.

A meteor sailed across the Northeast skies Tuesday, dazzling dozens of spectators in more than a half-dozen states, experts said. Subscribe to TIME ►► http://po.st/SubscribeTIME Get closer to the world of entertainment and celebrity news as TIME gives you access and insight on the people who make what you watch, read and share. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2EFFA5DB900C633F Money helps you learn how to spend and invest your money. Find advice and guidance you can count on from how to negotiate, how to save and everything in between. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYOGLpQQfhNKdqS_Wccs94rMHiajrRr4W Find out more about the latest developments in science and technology as TIME’s access brings you to the ideas and people changing our world. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYOGLpQQfhNIzsgcwqhT6ctKOfHfyuaL3 Let TIME show you everything you need to know about drones, autonomous cars, smart devices and the latest inventions which are shaping industries and our way of living https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2862F811BE8F5623 Stay up to date on breaking news from around the world through TIME’s trusted reporting, insight and access https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYOGLpQQfhNJeIsW3A2d5Bs22Wc3PHma6 CONNECT WITH TIME Web: http://time.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TIME Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/time Google+: https://plus.google.com/+TIME/videos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en Magazine: http://time.com/magazine/ Newsletter: time.com/newsletter ABOUT TIME TIME brings unparalleled insight, access and authority to the news. A 24/7 news publication with nearly a century of experience, TIME’s coverage shapes how we understand our world. Subscribe for daily news, interviews, science, technology, politics, health, entertainment, and business updates, as well as exclusive videos from TIME’s Person of the Year, TIME 100 and more created by TIME’s acclaimed writers, producers and editors. A Surprise Meteor That Soared Across New England Captured On Security Camera | TIME https://www.youtube.com/user/TimeMagazine

The Geminid Meteor shower was seen by people all across the globe on December 13 and 14, 2017. Read an in-depth article with pictures and videos, here: https://asteroidday.org/12-14-2017-best-of-geminid-meteor-shower-2017-videos-and-pictures/ // Asteroid Day is a global movement to protect Earth from asteroid impacts. Join us today! Host a local event and sign the 100X Declaration, here: http://asteroidday.org

The Geminid meteor shower will put on a dazzling show for skywatchers when it peaks on December 13, 2017.

Join long-time Slooh member Paul Cox to learn about the best celestial objects to capture this week using Slooh’s telescopes and website to get the most from your membership. This week: Meteors and Winter Treasures. * The Geminids Meteor Shower. * The objects within the constellation of Gemini (don't miss Helen Avery's livecast about the mythology, legend and the lore about Gemini after this livecast). Have any questions for Paul about how-to find out what's up each week?... Head over to Discussions at slooh.com and post them there.

Footage of a meteor burning up in the atmosphere over New Jersey was captured by a Hamilton Township Police Department vehicle on Dec. 2, 2017. -- Full Story: https://www.space.com/39025-brilliant-fireball-nj-police-dashcam-video.html Credit: Space.com / footage courtesy Hamilton Township Police Department / edited by Steve Spaleta

The Geminid meteor shower will put on a dazzling show for skywatchers when it peaks on December 13, 2017.

A Hamilton Township dashcam captured a fireball from a meteor in the skies over Atlantic County, New Jersey on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 at 3:09 a.m. (Video courtesy Hamilton police)

The focus will be on constellation Taurus' storied star cluster, the Pleiades, as it makes its midnight culmination in the Northern Hemisphere at 7:52pm Eastern time (00:52 UTC). Join Helen Avery as she shares tales from antiquity of this foreboding occurrence. For millennia, this collection of stars has inspired stories around the globe – tales of seven sisters, seven orphans, seven wives or seven seeds have been shared around fires from North America to Australia. Helen continues the tradition of those ancient storytellers by recounting the legends of the Pleiades and examining their deep significance in the evolution of humanity. To orient ourselves in the vastness of our night sky, Helen will discuss how you can most easily locate the Pleiades using only your eyes. En route to our wondrous star cluster, 444 light years from Earth, we’ll be stopping off with our telescopes at Orion’s Belt, and Aldebaran, the eye of the bull Taurus – the constellation in which our beloved Seven lie. Please join our live audio broadcast as we journey deep into time and space or let us be your soundtrack as you take us out with you under the stars. Do you have any questions for Helen about the Midnight Culmination of The Pleiades? Want to share your stories or photos of the cluster, or your memories of seeing it? Head to our online forum (under the Community icon) and join the Livecasts discussion.

Newly-released video shows the moment a fireball streaked across the night skies over Finland Nov. 16.

A meteorite can be seen in a series of night-time photos taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli from the International Space Station on November 5.

A series of night-time photos were taken by ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli on 5 November around 22:33 GMT, here shown in a time-lapse with a 1-second interval, while the Space Station was flying from the southern Atlantic Ocean over to Kazakhstan. Paolo was lucky enough to capture a fast fireball falling to Earth over the Atlantic Ocean, off the South Africa west coast -- look closely between 00:07 and 00:08 seconds at upper right in this video. A fireball is basically a very bright meteoroid -- a small bit of natural “space rock” -- entering Earth’s atmosphere and burning brighter than the background stars. This particular meteoroid was moving much faster than typical, with an estimated speed of around 40 km/s, according to experts working on near-Earth objects (NEOs) in ESA's Space Situational Awareness Programme. "This speed is actually quite fast for meteoroids, which typically enter the atmosphere at around 20 km/s," says Rüdiger Jehn, SSA NEO segment co-manager. ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli in currently working and living on board the International Space Station as part of the Italian Space Agency’s long-duration VITA mission. Follow the VITA mission: http://blogs.esa.int/VITAmission/ Connect with Paolo via http://paolonespoli.esa.int

The annual Leonid meteor shower will put on its biggest show of the year in the early hours of Nov. 18.

Every year in mid-November, the Leonid Meteor Shower — the fastest major shower of the year — lights up the sky with shooting stars. -- Learn more about the Leonids: https://www.space.com/34500-leonid-meteor-shower-guide.html Credit: Space.com / produced and edited by Steve Spaleta and Sarah Lewin

A large meteor was seen streaking across the night sky in southwest China. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-class scientists, photographers, journalists, and filmmakers, Nat Geo gets you closer to the stories that matter and past the edge of what's possible. Get More National Geographic: Official Site: http://bit.ly/NatGeoOfficialSite Facebook: http://bit.ly/FBNatGeo Twitter: http://bit.ly/NatGeoTwitter Instagram: http://bit.ly/NatGeoInsta It was moving at 9 miles a second, and it burst with energy equal to 595 tons of TNT. Locals viewing the harvest moon for Mid-Autumn Festival captured the bright event from many angles. There have been no reported injuries as a result of the fireball. READ: Surprise Meteor Lights Up Harvest Moon Festival http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/full-moon-meteor-fireball-china-space-science/ See a Fireball Meteor Explode In the Night Sky | National Geographic https://youtu.be/NnZ5YaQrYj8 National Geographic https://www.youtube.com/natgeo

Slooh broadcasts the Draconids Meteor Shower live from our telescopes in the Canary Islands.

A bright fireball occurred over the Netherlands on 21 September 2017 at 19:00 UTC (21:00 CEST). In addition to many individual sightings, it was also recorded by an all-sky camera dedicated to recording exactly such events. The camera is part of the Fireball Recovery and InterPlanetary Observation (FRIPON) network (https://www.fripon.org), and is hosted on the roof of a building at ESA's Estec technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. Other FRIPON cameras which recorded the event were located in Lille and Brussels. The combined data will allow to the object's trajectory to be reconstructed. It is most likely that any resulting fragments - meteorites - will have fallen into the North Sea. Fireball sightings such as this can be reported to the International Meteor Organisation (http://www.imo.net) or to the American Meteor Society (http://www.amsmeteors.org). Reports for this particular fireball can be seen via https://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2017/3301. Video credit: F. Colas/Paris Observatory/FRIPON team. The Estec FRIPON camera was funded by the ESTEC science faculty. More info: http://blogs.esa.int/rocketscience/2017/09/22/fireball-over-the-netherlands/