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Asteroid or comet? Meteor or meteorite? How to identify and classify the rocks you see streaking through the sky

Ever wonder where that shooting star came from, or how it got to be in your sky?
The Conversation

I found a new meteor shower, and it comes from an asteroid getting broken down by the Sun

Across the Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus ...
Forbes

In Photos: Geminid Meteor Shower Wows Skywatchers Across The World

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the year’s most ...
The Conversation

A meteor exploded in the sky above New South Wales. An astronomer explains where it might have come from

At about 6:30pm last night, a meteor exploded with a bright flash that was widely seen across eastern Australia. Stunned onlookers from Sydney to Canberra, and beyond, reported seeing the explosion ...