Tau Herculids meteor shower 2022: May 30-31 could see 1,000 shooting stars per hour - WION

5/26/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 11 months ago
by WION Web Team
by WION Web Team
The Tau Herculids, a potentially new — and brief — meteor shower that could appear before the end of the month. This meteor shower will either go down in history or wont appear at all, which is a fascinating duality for a science like astronomy, which is norm…
While the term "shooting star" is a misnomer, seeing a bright object arc across the night sky is a sight to behold. We witness shooting stars when tiny particles collide with Earth's atmosphere and b… [+1639 chars]
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