Tag Archive | Meteors

SPACEWEATHER: Comets, Meteor Shower, and Auroras

Solar System Peak Activity in October

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 10/16/2025

MULTIPLE CMEs COULD SPARK AURORAS TONIGHT: All week long, active sunspot 4246 has been puffing CMEs toward Earth–at least three of them. Although the CMEs are individually faint and relatively slow, they could combine to cause a G2-class geomagnetic storm when they arrive on Oct. 16th. If such a storm materializes, auroras could descend into a dozen or more northern-tier US states. 

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SPACEWEATHER: Fireballs, Meteors, and Sunspot Count at 23-Year High

Artwork DMalmos, Spaceweather.com Fireball Network report

Fireball Network Art: DMalmos, from Aug 02, 2024, the network report, 38 fireballs. (24 sporadics, 8 Perseids, 3 southern Delta Aquariids, 3 alpha Capricornids)

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: AUGUST 3, 2024

All Sky Fireball Network
Every night, a network of NASA all-sky cameras scans the skies above the United States for meteoritic fireballs. Automated software maintained by NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office calculates their orbits, velocity, penetration depth in Earth’s atmosphere and many other characteristics. Daily results are presented on Spaceweather.com.

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