Thursday, May 3, 2007

HALLEY'S METEORS: Earth is entering a stream of dust from Halley's Comet, and this will produce a meteor shower (the "eta Aquarids") peaking on May 6th. Bright moonlight will interfere with the display. Nevertheless, people who wake up before dawn on Sunday and look east might catch a few specks of Halley's comet disintegrating in Earth's atmosphere: full story.

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