Meteors
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Lyrid Meteor Shower: Check It Out!
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Looking for a good night-time show? Look no further than up in the sky for a spectacular meteor shower!
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Meteor flashes across East Coast skies
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East Coast residents were buzzing on social media sites and elsewhere Friday night after a brief but bright flash of light streaked across the early-evening sky in what experts say was almost certainly a meteor coming down.
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Russian meteor: Thousands injured after meteor explodes over Ural Mountains
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A Russian health official says nearly 1,000 people have sought help for injuries caused by a meteor that exploded in the sky, blasting out countless windows.
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Russian meteor: Insurance covers your house, car in most cases
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In the grand scheme of things, meteor strikes are so rare that they barely ever cross our mind. However, you should probably know that if stuff falls from space and causes damage to your home or car, your insurance likely covers it.
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Russian meteor strike: What happened to cause the bang?
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A meteor exploded in the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains on Friday, causing a shockwave that blew out countless windows and injured hundreds of people with flying glass. Here's a look at those objects in the sky.
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WATCH: The Geminid meteors in time lapse, from Joshua Tree
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If you missed the Geminids on Tuesday night, don't worry: This great time-lapse video from the California desert is all you need to see.
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2011 Geminid meteor shower peaks bigtime tonight, Dec. 13 - 14
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The year's final major meteor shower, the Geminids, will peak around 10 p.m. tonight. People in D.C. could see 40 bright shooting stars per hour.
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Rainbow-colored, exploding meteor appears just south of D.C.
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Skywatchers in Virginia and Maryland were startled by a bright, smoking object on Monday that seemed to detonate in the sky.
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2011 Taurid meteors peak on Saturday, Nov. 5: Where to look
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The south Taurid meteor shower, aka the "Halloween Fireballs," reaches its optimum intensity this weekend.
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Orionids 2011: NASA sees meteor showers in ways you never will
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During Saturday morning's Orionids shower, scientists will be watching for shooting stars that pound the moon in fiery explosions.
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Highlights of the 2011 Perseid meteor shower (PHOTOS)
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Ever seen a shooting star from above? The astronauts aboard the International Space Station sure have.
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2011 Perseids peak with bang as fiery meteors light up New York
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The blazing meteor shower of last night, Aug. 10, 2011, had fireballs so intense that one Brooklynite thought "a plane was going down."
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Large meteorite from May 29 could be on the ground near W.Va.
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Several people reported seeing the biggest meteor of their lives crossing over the D.C. region on May 29. Its size suggests it might be dug into the ground somewhere nearby.
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