meteor
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During Phase 2, the meteor travels into increasingly dense air, causing its brightness to intensify.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Because the meteor has already slowed considerably, these final flashes generally appear red, unlike the bright green colors often observed earlier in its descent.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
A shooting star, or rather a meteor, may or may not have landed somewhere inside his house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026
The Orionid meteor shower, which is capable of producing bright fireball meteors, is set to peak in UK skies this week.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Unaware that the meteor and everything in it would have been vaporized on impact, he wasted a fortune, and the next twenty-six years, cutting tunnels that yielded nothing.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
Some meteors also display repeating changes in brightness, which can reveal how quickly they are spinning.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Under ideal conditions, around 10 to 20 meteors can be seen each hour at the shower's peak.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
They get their name from the constellation Leo, from which the meteors appear to radiate.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The Leonids can travel at about 70km per second as they enter the Earth's atmosphere, making them some of the fastest meteors visible from Earth.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
These meteors are made by tiny grains, smaller than a mustard seed.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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