Week-Long Meteor Shower to Dazzle
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The annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to produce a reliable shooting star show that will get going Sunday and peak the middle of next week.
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The &quot;northern lights&quot; will be visible this week in the Long Island area, with best chance of seeing them over the next few nights, astronomers said.
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Skywatchers in Guyana, Surinam and French Guiana can see an annular eclipse on Friday.
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When the Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12th, the nearly-full Moon is going to spoil the show.  But there might be something to see before the Moon rises: a side-show of Perseid Earthgrazers.
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Stay awake for long enough tonight and you will witness one of the sky&#39;s most amazing natural phenomena - a total lunar eclipse.
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Earth is heading for a cloud of comet dust that could produce an outburst of Leonid meteors on Nov. 19th.
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The explosive death of a massive star has broken the record for longest-lived light show. Observations from NASA's Swift satellite have revealed a so-called gamma-ray burst for which the afterglow remained visible for more than 125 days.
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A partial solar eclipse will take place next week, oddly ending the day before it begins. The eclipse will be visible, weather permitting, from northeastern portions of Asia, including all of Japan, northeastern Mongolia and China, and much of Siberia.
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Attention skywatchers: Grab a lawn chair and bundle up, because what experts believe will be this year's best meteor shower peaks tonight.
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Paris is set to have a new monthly guide to what's going on in the City of Lights from restaurants, shopping and cultural events from next week.
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The annual Perseid meteor shower could provide a "spectacular" show, despite a disappointing start.
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Dozens of professional telescopes, an army of amateur observers and three Earth-orbiting observatories will be watching July 4 when a Boulder-built NASA spacecraft collides with a comet and sparks celestial fireworks.
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News events to watch for in the coming week.
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The best meteor shower of the year peaks this week on Dec. 13th and 14th.&quot;It's the Geminid meteor shower,&quot; says Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office in Huntsville, Alabama. &quot;Start watching on Wednesday evening, Dec. 13th, around 9 p.m.
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Comet McNaught, the Great Comet of 2007, has been delighting those who have seen it with the unaided eye as a spectacular display in the evening sky.
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Astronomers expect a spectacular display of the Northern Lights in Irish skies tonight.
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The Geminid meteor shower, a reliable annual display, peaks tonight and into the pre-dawn. For skywatchers with dark, clear skies, this dazzling display should produce up to 120 meteors per hour.