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The Eta Aquariids are a meteor shower associated with Halley’s Comet. The shower is visible from about April 21 to about May 20 each year with peak activity on or around May 6. Unlike most major annual meteor showers, there … Continue reading →

The Lyrid Meteor shower starts now. The peak will be on 22/23rd April. The meteors come from the dust of Comet Thatcher ( yeah I know) and although the radiant point is near the star Vega, you should look up … Continue reading →

The 7th December sees the beginning of the annual Geminid Meteor Shower. This is one of the most active meteor showers in the calendar and can produce some great displays. For definitive information on the Geminids, see the article by … Continue reading →

The Perseids Meteor Shower has started and will peak around the 9th to 13th August 2017 and it could produce 50 to 100 meteors per hour as it passes through the dust trail created by Comet Swift-Tuttle. The comet orbits … Continue reading →

I’m very happy to have been appointed as an Ambassador for the OSIRIS-REx sample return mission and look forward to contributing to the success of this incredible mission.  

The Quadrantids meteor shower will peak for a few hours during the night of 3rd and 4th of January 2017 and under perfect conditions can produce up to 120 meteors per hour. The shower is associated with asteroid2003 EH1 which … Continue reading →

The 2016 Geminid meteor shower is underway and will peak on the night of the 13/14 December. Unfortunately, this year the peak combines with a Full Moon which may affect viewing! HOW TO SEE GEMINID METEORS. The Geminids radiate from … Continue reading →

You can see live meteor hits on our Meteor Watch page https://www.exeterobservatory.com/meteor-watch/ The Leonids will be on show between the 16th and 18th of November 2016. They will peak on the evening of the 17th and could produce around 20 … Continue reading →

The Orionids Meteor shower will be visible from the UK during October and will peak on the evening of 20/21st October. The best time to view is early morning before dawn but anytime after midnight should see meteors. Look up … Continue reading →

Tomorrow at around 3.48 pm (UK time) the Schiaparelli lander will touch down on the surface of the Red Planet,Mars. Having separated from it’s mothership, the Exomars TGO (Trace Gas Orbiter) on the 16th October, the lander will manouver itself … Continue reading →