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Matthew Kenslow 13h ago

Meteor Caught on Bodycam ☄️ #Fireball #Meteor #MeteorShower #MeteorWatch #ShootingStar #Bootids… https://ift.tt/GxoaRfg

Chuck Darwin 4d ago

The Arietids peak on June 10! 🌠🧪

This meteor shower lasts from May 29 until June 17, and is famously most visible during the daytime.

#Astronomy #MeteorShower #Space #Science #Astrophotography

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Museum of Science (@museumofscience.bsky.social)

The Arietids peak on June 10! 🌠🧪 This meteor shower lasts from May 29 until June 17, and is famously most visible during the daytime. #Astronomy #MeteorShower #Space #Science #Astrophotography

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Sabse 5d ago

A warm Perseid night at Pilsum Lighthouse
Moon, mosquitoes and meteors. Many bites, few shooting stars.

That is what I later wrote in my journal about our Perseid night at Pilsum Lighthouse. It felt like the most accurate summary of the evening.

On August 12, I met up with some fel
https://astrofruechtchen.de/2025/08/a-warm-perseid-night-at-pilsum-lighthouse/
#ObservationReports #Painting #acrylic #AcrylicPainting #Journaling #MeteorShower #perseids #PilsumLighthouse #ShootingStars

Jack C.M Jun 6

Watch: Moment a meteor creates sonic boom over Massachusetts. Via @bbc #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #meteor #meteors #MeteorShower #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

Watch: Moment a meteor creates...

Watch: Moment a meteor creates sonic boom over Massachusetts

According to Nasa, the meteor released the equivalent to about 300 tons of TNT when it broke up.

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬May 25

Where Are All These #Meteors Coming From?
The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. #NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree on what explains it.
Number of fireballs in 3 mo of 2026 was double what is usually reported to American #Meteor Society in the first quarter of other years.
This sort of activity can sometimes be attributed to a major #meteorshower. But none were scheduled during the fireball spike.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/science/march-fireballs-meteors-astronomy.html
https://archive.ph/nhnz1

Sightings of Meteors Surge, and Scientists Aren’t Sure Why

The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree on what explains it.

The New York Times

Jack C.M May 13

'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way. Via @spacedotcom #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #meteor #meteors #Lyrid #MeteorShower #Astrophotography ✨ 📷 #Photography 📸 #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

'Nothing short of magical': As...

'Nothing short of magical': Astrophotographer captures Lyrid meteors beside the Milky Way

Dury captured shooting stars glowing with the Milky Way from the remote Scottish Island of Skye.

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Formulon May 6

Mr. Moon pretending to be beautiful while casually ruining this Eta Aquarids meteor shower like a cosmic attention seeker.
#MeteorShower #Moon #Astronomy #NightSky #spacehumor

Read our Article on meteor shower : https://formulon.blog/2025/11/20/the-great-meteor-shower-experience/

Illustration credits : @athikan_s_u

Miss Fidget May 5

Info on this week’s meteor shower. Looks like pre-dawn Wednesday is expected to be peak in the northeast USA.

https://spaceandtelescope.com/eta-aquariid-meteor-shower-2026/

#Meteor #MeteorShower #Northeast #Philadelphia

Eta Aquariid meteor shower 2026: All you need to know - Space & Telescope

The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is visible every year in early May, when Earth encounters debris of ice and dust left behind by the famous Comet 1P/Halley. The

Space & Telescope