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| 2010 Perseids/wikipedia |
Space can be a dangerous place. Especially when you are by things going really, really fast. Like debris. Even those those of us on earth.
One of the effects of such a collision is meteors. And below is a "crash course" on that space junk crashing into our atmosphere:
( reference: https://youtu.be/TuDfZ2Md5x8 )
This coming August 13-14, 2016 will be a peak of the Perseid Meteor Showers. And they can be quite awesome if you live in the neck of the woods with a dark sky.
(reference: https://youtu.be/KzLknGRZlLs )
If you are one to look at the night sky, there's plenty of advise out there, such as:
* Perseid Meteor Shower 2016: When, Where & How to See It
As the late great Jack Horkheimer (the original Star Hustler and advocate for naked eye astronomy) would say:
Keep looking up!
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Previous posts in this series:
Science 101 (part 1) - Vernal Equinox (2013)
Science 101 (part 2) - The Sound of Music? (2013)
Science 101 (part 3) - From Galileo to Apollo (2013)
Science 101 (part 4) - Cosmos Continued ... (2014)
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Photo: 2010 Perseids/wikipedia
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