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The Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak Monday night into Tuesday. Here’s what to look for and how to see it.

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All sky and space lovers are in for a treat tomorrow night! The 2024 Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak Monday night into early Tuesday morning, November 11th ...

North Polk ended Cedar Rapids Xavier’s football season in the state quarterfinals a year ago. They did it again this year ...

The cryovolcanic "centaur" comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann has erupted four times in less than 48 hours, becoming unusually ...

Once they are close enough to the sun to be heated, the volatile materials evaporate, and the released clouds that are lit up by the sun are what we recognize as comets. About half all comets are from ...

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How, when, and where to look to see Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) after sunset this weekend, with sky charts, before it disappears.