Topic: Meteoroid Environment Office
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Draconid meteor shower: Don't let daylight or nearly full moon stop you
Draconid meteor shower viewing is potentially much more exciting this year, as Earth is expected to hit some tendrils of comet dust head-on. But the peak is Saturday afternoon.
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Huge fireball lights up sky over Eastern US
A massive fireball lit up the daytime sky over much of the East Coast on Monday, as what was most likely a meteor burned up in the earth's atmosphere.
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Meteor shower tonight: first for 2011
Meteor shower tonight: The first meteor display of 2011 – the annual Quadrantid meteor shower – will hit its peak tonight, weather permitting.
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Perseid meteor shower tonight: It's a spectacular troublemaker
Perseid meteor shower tonight is at its peak. It's the only meteor shower known to have killed a satellite and delayed a space-shuttle launch. Enter the Meteoroid Environment Office.
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Meteor storm from passing comet could threaten spacecraft
A meteor storm predicted for next year could imperil satellites and the space station, say NASA experts.
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Draconid meteor shower: NASA prepares for potentially damaging 2011 meteor shower
Draconid meteor shower: NASA is assessing the risk to spacecraft posed by the upcoming 2011 Draconid meteor shower, a seven-hour storm of tiny space rocks.
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NASA searching for what's left of 60 lb. meteor that streaked across Alabama sky
The space agency is asking people in northeastern Alabama to keep an eye out for any unusual looking rocks.
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Leonid meteor shower... Yawn, is it time yet?
The Leonid meteor shower gets underway at 3:30am
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