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Look to the skies next week to view the Taurids meteor shower – SlashGear

Amateur astronomers and skywatchers need to have their eyes on the heavens next week as the Taurid meteor shower could result in some impressive fireballs. Fireballs…

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Amateur astronomers and skywatchers need to have their eyes on the heavens next week as the Taurid meteor shower could result in some impressive fireballs. Fireballs are a technical term for extremely bright meteors streaking through the atmosphere. For those unfamiliar, the Taurids are split into the Northern Taurids and the Southern Taurids.
Both are the result of debris left behind by a comet called Encke. The debris stream left behind by the meteor contains larger pieces of debris than some…

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