Meteors
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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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