If you happen to see fireballs streaking throughout the sky the evening earlier than Election Day, don’t fear, they aren’t an omen of political doom.
Somewhat, two sister meteor showers are presently lighting up the evening sky and can expertise peaks on two days this month, together with this Monday evening into Tuesday morning.
Each the Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids pepper the Earth’s ambiance every fall, dazzling stargazers with trails of sunshine.
However NASA stated this 12 months’s showers may very well be “extra lively than common.”
“People shouldn’t be stunned in the event that they see a brilliant meteor or fireball over the following few nights,” stated Invoice Cooke, lead for the NASA Meteoroid Environments Workplace, on the company’s weblog.
The Southern Taurids will peak on Nov. 5 and the Northern Taurids will peak on Nov. 12.
NASA says one of the best time to see (or want on) the capturing stars is after midnight, when the constellation Taurus is excessive and the sky is at its darkest.
Each showers will proceed into December with the final of the Taurid fireballs seen on Dec. 8.
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