Aussie comet chasers capture meteor storm - Australian Defence Magazine

In a world first, an Aussie company has captured substantial data from a meteor shower that will have a significant impact on space science.

Last week, Earth entered a stream of cometary debris after the recent fragmentation event of the 73P/Schwassman-Wachman 3 comet, which occurred 27 years ago in 1995.   It was the first opportunity i… [+2204 chars]

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