Spectacular New Tau Herculids Meteor Shower May Light Up the Skies Over North America - SciTechDaily

Astronomers are excited about the possibility of a new meteor shower on May 30-31, the tau Herculid shower, forecast to peak on the night of May 30 and early morning of May 31. Back in 1930, German observers Arnold Schwassmann and Arno Arthur Wachmann discove…

This infrared image from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope shows the broken Comet 73P/Schwassman-Wachmann 3 skimming along a trail of debris left during its multiple trips around the sun. The flame-like … [+2568 chars]

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