All-or-Nothing: Tau Herculids Could Be the Most Powerful Meteor Storm in Generations - SciTechDaily

If skies are clear, be sure to watch for a potential tau Herculid meteor outburst early Tuesday morning. With a little cosmic luck, we could potentially be in for a meteor storm of epic proportions tonight/tomorrow morning. As already reported, astronomers ar…

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 … [+6623 chars]

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