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How to spot the Quadrantids meteor shower on 3 and 4 January

The 2024 Quadrantids meteor shower will peak on 3 and 4 January. While moonlight may get in the way, here’s what to do for your best chance of spotting it

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See a forgotten meteor shower caused by a dead comet this weekend

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Graeme Whipps/Shutterstock (4301807b) Pic shows the Geminid meteor shower over Pitcaple in Aberdeenshire on Sunday evening Dec 14th. A Scottish photographer has managed to get some pictures of the Geminid meteor shower on its FINAL night above the UK. Amateur astronomer Graeme Whipps picked up 13 meteors on camera in the dramatic display above Pitcaple in Aberdeenshire last night (Sun).

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How to spot this year's Geminid meteor shower

Regulars

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How to watch the Leonid meteor shower peaking this weekend

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How to see the Orionid meteor shower in October and November

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A meteor from the Draconid meteor shower

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How to see the Draconid meteor shower peak tonight

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Electron microprobe image of a spherule that may have come from an interstellar object

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Have interstellar meteor fragments really been found in the ocean?

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How to spot the 2023 Perseid meteor shower as it peaks this weekend

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Meteorite left Earth then landed back down after round trip to space

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A microscope image showing some of the spherules

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Interstellar meteor fragments may have been found in the Pacific Ocean

An expedition to hunt for fragments of a possible interstellar meteor has found 40 tiny iron spherules on the sea floor – but whether they are truly interstellar is controversial

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How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend

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Earliest evidence of a meteorite hitting Earth found in Australia

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Rare Antarctic meteorite is one of the largest ever found

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Strangely strong interstellar meteorites may come from supernovae

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