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How Engineers Create Artificial Meteors

A Japanese company once proposed creating an artificial meteor shower for the Olympics — but the science behind it is the same engineering used for spacecraft re-entry. In this video, we explore how ...
If you were gazing at the San Antonio sky this Friday, you might have nabbed a front-row view of a fiery celestial spectacle.
Odessa residents were treated to a dazzling display as two meteors lit up the night sky, inspiring laughter and awe on social ...
Among those who witnessed it was KTXS meteorologist Caiden Dinkins, who managed to capture the event on video. While the ...
ABC ‘s 9-1-1: Season 9 teaser trailer has been released. The 911 Season 9 stars Angela Bassett, Peter Krause, Oliver Stark, Aisha Hinds, Kenneth Choi, Rockmond Dunbar, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ryan ...
Although a typical September event in the Northern Hemisphere, this year, the meteor shower will feature a rare event ...
Students studied the stars and moon at the GO-STEM Starlab planetarium at the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive ...
The shooting stars appear to emanate from a patch of space in the constellation Perseus. Heads up stargazers! The September Epsilon Perseids meteor shower peaks predawn on Sept. 9. Here's what you ...
As the nights grow chillier, there is still time for Colorado stargazers to observe a meteor shower and other celestial events before summer ends and winter conditions make nights less enjoyable.
The Mormon Meteor III speed racer has been acquired by Utah Historical Society for the Museum of Utah. The car was commissioned by Ab Jenkins, who set multiple speed records in the vehicle and ...
P. Jenniskens, SETI Institute and NASA Ames Research Center; and M. Breukers and C. Johannink, Cameras for Allsky Meteor Surveillance (CAMS), BeNeLux, report that the chi Cygnids meteor shower (IAU ...