Lyrid meteor shower peaks Sunday night into Monday morning
The peak is just before dawn Monday
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NASA: meteor spotted Friday in Virginia was a boulder-sized asteroid
The Friday fireball was spotted from the Mid-Atlantic through the Northeast.
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Did you see a meteor Friday night?
CBS 6 News received multiple calls concerning a possible meteor around 8 p.m.
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NASA: What exploded over Russia?
This was not a crashing plane or a rocket attack. It was the most powerful meteor strike in more than a hundred years.
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Russian scientists track down fragments of meteor
People in the Russia region of Cheliabinsk have been keeping their eyes out for “souvenirs” from last week’s exploding meteor.
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Meteor seen streaking across Florida sky
More streaking lights seen in the skies over the weekend, but not in Russia. These were seen over the skies of the United States.
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Russia starts cleanup after meteor strike
More than 1,000 people were injured, including more than 200 children, according to news reports. Many of them were hit by flying glass.
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Using Science Museum kugel to explain asteroid flight by Earth
David Hagan, a scientist at the Science Museum of Virginia, has a visual way of explaining just how close the asteroid will get to earth using an object called a “kugel.”
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VIDEO: Meteor falls over Russia, hundreds injured
A meteor shower sparked an explosion that left 247 people injured Friday in southern Russia, the local Emergency Ministry said.
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Meteors prompt hundreds of emergency calls
A suspected meteorite shower over the U.K. prompted a flurry of emergency calls.
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NASA: Meteor smoke makes strange clouds
Noctilucent clouds are a mystery dating back to the late 19th century.
