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Gemini Meteor Shower: Best time to visit and how to watch – haveeruonline
Throughout the year when the earth orbits the sun, it passes through streams of cosmic debris. The resulting meteor shower can illuminate the night sky
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When you see a meteor shower, what you usually see are the remains of ice comets that crash into the Earth’s atmosphere. Comets are like dirty snowballs: as they travel through the solar system, they leave a dusty path of rocks and ice that will linger in space as they exit. As the Earth passes through these layers of cometary debris, debris that is as small as sand grains – they pierce the sky at explosive speeds, creating…
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