Tag Archive for 'Meteor shower'

The meteoroid stream of long-period comet Thatcher from CAMS data; outer blue ellipse is the orbit of Neptune. Image credit: P. Jenniskens / SETI Institute.

Long-Period Comets Can Cause Meteor Showers on Earth, Astronomers Say

May 21, 2021 by News Staff

Dr. Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA’s Ames Research Center and his colleagues say they can detect meteor showers from the debris in the...

Meteoroids bombarded the Earth-Moon system 800 million years ago. Image credit: Murayama, Osaka University.

Asteroid Shower Bombarded Earth-Moon System 800 Million Years Ago

Jul 22, 2020 by News Staff

A team of planetary researchers from Japan has demonstrated that a 100-km asteroid was disrupted 800 million years ago (Tonian period of the Neoproterozoic...

Water is released from the Moon during meteor showers, when micrometeoroid impacts breach the dry lunar surface and eject water molecules from a hydrated layer below. Image credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Conceptual Image Lab.

LADEE Detects Water Molecules from Meteoroid Strikes on Moon

Apr 17, 2019 by News Staff

Using data from NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), a team of researchers has discovered that water is being released from...

Moon. Image credit: Gregory H. Revera / CC BY-SA 3.0.

Scientists Discover Permanent Dust Cloud around Moon

Jun 17, 2015 by News Staff

According to a team of scientists led by Prof Mihaly Horanyi of the University of Colorado Boulder, the Moon is engulfed in a permanent but asymmetric...

Mercury appears to undergo seasonal meteor showers. Image credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Mercury Experiences Seasonal Meteor Showers, Say NASA Scientists

Dec 17, 2014 by News Staff

Mercury – the smallest planet in our Solar System – appears to get hit by recurring meteor showers, possibly associated with Comet 2P/Encke. Mercury...