"Year's Best" Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
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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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Fireworks explode over Sydney&#39;s Harbor at 9pm local time (1100 GMT) in the first of two fireworks displays to welcome in the New Year, Friday, Dec. 31, 2004.
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Early morning joggers, dog-walkers and commuters are enjoying a dazzling predawn light show in the eastern sky this week. Jupiter and Venus, the two brightest planets visible
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The fireworks shot out from the top of the Olympic Stadium, the grand finale of the Opening Ceremonies lighting up the Athens sky.
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In 1967, NASA's Mariner 4 spacecraft was hit by a surprising flurry of meteoroids--a shower more intense than any Leonid meteor storm.  Where did the meteoroids come from? It's been a mystery for 40 years.
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Because skipping across the heavens like celestial sparklers will be hundreds of shooting stars during the annual Geminid meteor shower.
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Several loud blasts were heard in the  Indonesian capital Jakarta and two nearby towns early on  Sunday, but one radio report said it could have been a meteor  shower.
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Skywatchers eagerly awaiting Saturday's total lunar eclipse are hoping that the spectacle will be the "best in years".
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Stargazers can catch a spectacular sight if they turn their eyes to the sky tonight. NASA officials say the Geminids will provide the best meteor shower of the year.
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The best meteor shower of 2004 peaks on Dec. 13th.
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The molten rock rising inside Mount St. Helens is giving the peak an eerie red glow at night.
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The Geminids Meteor Shower, usually one of the best meteor showers of the year, will peak on Monday the 13th of December. Viewers can expect to see as many as 120 meteors an hour at peak time.
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A fine display of shooting stars is underway and peaks overnight Wednesday into early Thursday morning. Astronomers expect the 2004 Perseid meteor shower to be one of the best versions of the annual event in several years.
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Though skies may not be consistantly clear, Monday night (December 13th) should be the best viewing for the Geminid Meteor shower in a long time.
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MOUNT ST. HELENS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Washington -- Mount St. Helens blew off more steam yesterday, shooting a billowing white plume several hundred metres above the volcano and thrilling hundreds of visitors.
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Consider it an early Christmas gift: On Dec. 24th the Moon and Mars are putting on a beautiful late-night sky show.
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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.