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Meteorites
Meteorites Most people have looked up into the night sky and seen the fleeting flashes of light that are known as meteors. These flashes are caused by small sand-sized particles that are debris from comets, which melt in the atmosphere and never reach the surface of Earth.... Read more |
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meteor shower
meteor shower increase in the number of meteors observed in a particular part of the sky. The trails of the meteors of a meteor shower all appear to be traceable back to a single point in the sky, known as the radiant point, or radiant. A shower is named for the constellation in which its radiant... Read more |
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Light pollution
Light Pollution As humankind enters the twenty-first century, ours is the first generation where the majority of children cannot routinely see the night sky in all its splendor and glory. The problem is caused by light pollution, excess or misdirected artificial light that alters the natural night... Read more |
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zodiacal light
zodiacal light or zodiacal band, a faint band of light sometimes seen in the western sky just after sunset in the spring, extending up from the horizon at the point where the sun has just set, or in the eastern sky just before sunrise in the autumn. The light is so faint as to be obscured by... Read more |
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Heinrich Wilhelm Matthaus Olbers
Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers , 1758-1840, German astronomer and physician. He originated (1797) the first satisfactory method for calculating the orbits of comets, but despite the fame it brought him, he remained an amateur astronomer and became a physician. However, he continued his... Read more |
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gegenschein
gegenschein or counterglow, a slight brightening of the night sky in the region of the zodiac directly opposite the sun, i.e., 180° from the sun. Discovered by the Danish astronomer Theodor Brersen in 1854, its nature and cause are still unknown. It may be caused by reflection of sunlight... Read more |
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Tezcatlipoca
Tezcatlipoca , ancient deity of the Toltec in Mexico. Identified with the night sky, the moon, and the stars, and associated with the forces of evil and destruction, Tezcatlipoca shared dominion over humanity with Quetzalcoatl , the god of light and good. Of the various legends surrounding their... Read more |
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sky
sky apparent dome over the earth, background of the clouds, sun, moon, and stars. The blue color of the clear daytime sky results from the selective scattering of light rays by the minute particles of dust and vapor in the earth's atmosphere . The rays with longer wavelengths (the reds and... Read more |
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unidentified flying object
unidentified flying object or UFO, an object or light reportedly seen in the sky whose appearance, trajectory, and general dynamic and luminescent behavior do not readily suggest a logical, conventional explanation. Some of these phenomena have been photographed and others correlated with... Read more |
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Gemini
Gemini [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac . Gemini is traditionally depicted as two men. The two brightest stars in Gemini, ... Read more |
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Meteor shower lights up skies Monday night.(Main News)
...ndash; will light up the sky Monday night, the state...Geminids meteor shower will...peak on the nights of December...average of 40 meteors per hour...cloudless sky perjust ... |
 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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METEOR SHOWER LIGHTS UP SKIES
...11-18-1997 METEOR SHOWER LIGHTS UP SKIESDate: 11...Jersey on Monday night? The Leonids, a meteor shower that appears...night's clear sky made a spectacular...thousands of ... |
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December 'Star Trak': Saturn and Meteor Shower Light Up Skies.
...of a December night to see it, however...The Geminid shower will peak on...crossing the sky. If clouds don...which gives the shower its name. This...about the Geminid shower, see ... |
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Annual Leonid meteor shower to light up night sky
...Blazing trails of light -- the annual Leonid meteor storm -- will...lines in the sky tonight.Every...Tuttle, a meteor shower illuminates the...form a stream of meteors visible from...most spectacular meteor ... |
 "Star of Mysore (Mysore, India)")
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SKYWATCH: METEOR SHOWERS TO LIGHT UP THE NIGHT SKY.
...Aug. 9 -- Sky is always the...events in the night sky is meteor or shooting star...eventually burn up completely. Most meteors burn up at altitudes of...Larger and slower a meteor is, the ... |
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Rare meteor shower to light up skies
...steadfastly on the skies about 4...elusive Aurigid meteor shower. The display...illuminate the night sky, potentially...some of the meteors. The event...If you get up too early...faithful ... |
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GEMINID METEOR SHOWER TO LIGHT UP SKIES
...during the late night hours of Wednesday...13. "The meteors will appear...high in the sky, almost directly...peak of the shower will actually...majority of meteor showers are produced...the Geminid shower, ... |
 "The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)")
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Meteor shower to light up the sky ; If weather allows, annual Leonid show...
...intense meteor shower laced with fireballs of light. At 2...called Leonid meteor shower will peak at 800 meteors per hour...for cloudy skies and a 30...viewing the night sky ... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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METEOR SHOWER TO LIGHT UP NIGHT SKY; COSMIC DISPLAY SET FOR EARLY NEXT...
...shower - a meteor shower. Late Monday night and early...annual Perseid meteor shower...cover, the sky will fill with streaks of light caused by the rain of meteors ... |
 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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Geminid meteor shower due to light up Utah sky early Thursday morning
...Geminid meteor shower happens at...view.Most meteors blast swiftly across the sky, traveling...said. The meteor shower is...Geminid meteors have a "graceful...much of the night, ... |
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