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Why are meteor showers so unpredictable? The sun may be to blame
Once you remember that the sun also orbits the solar system's common center of mass, it all makes sense. Our sun is wobbling, ...
Why some meteor showers are so unpredictable
Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper ...
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Why Carbon-Rich Asteroids Don't Make It to Earth
Scientists at Australia's Curtin University and France's CNRS used 19 observation networks, including the Global Meteor ...
A ‘fireball’ lights up Mexico City skies, sparking awe and plenty of memes
“Due to the great pressure on the object, they begin to flash with a stretching tail and emit light,” said Rodríguez, one of a group of scientists studying the videos that shocked many Mexicans. He ...
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How the wobbling Sun can help us predict meteor showers
New research suggests meteor showers are so unpredictable due to the Sun’s own motion around the solar‑system barycenter.
Mexico lit up by ‘fireball’ in night sky – but scientists have the answer
"Due to the great pressure on the object, they begin to flash with a stretching tail and emit light,” said Rodríguez, one of ...
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Ever Wonder Why Some Meteor Showers Are So Unpredictable?
April 16, 2025, Mountain View, CA -- Why do comets and their meteoroid streams weave in and out of Earth's orbit and their orbits disperse over time? In a paper published online in the journal ...