... Dust particles strung out along the orbit of extinct comet Phaethon vaporize when they plow through planet Earth'satmosphere causing the impressive display. ...
... That small spot moving in front of background stars in the above video is a potentially dangerous asteroid passing above the Earth'satmosphere. ...
... Explanation: Fifteen years ago, in December of 1990, the Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia carried an array of astronomical telescopes high above the Earth's obscuring atmosphere to explore the Universe at ultraviolet and x-ray wavelengths. ...
... Venus has been seen countless times from the surface of the Earth, and every time the Earth'satmosphere has dispersed its light to some degree. ...
... In 1972, an unusually bright meteor from space was witnessed bouncing off Earth'satmosphere, much like a skipping stone can bounce off of a calm lake. ...
... Called shadow cones, they are visible because the Earth'satmosphere is not completely transparent, scattering sunlight and hence appearing blue during the day. ...
... As our Earth passes unusually close to debris expelled from Comet Tempel-Tuttle , many sand-sized particles from this comet are entering and burning up in the Earth'satmosphere. ...