Meteor shower possible overnight: Where, when to watch
A meteor shower is possible anytime from Memorial Day into Tuesday. Here's what you need to know.
The bow-shaped, fuzzy cloud is called comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann (SW3).
It was discovered in 1930 by German observers, but was not recognized as a comet until 2003.
The comet keep breaking into more pieces. NASA estimates further comet break-ups are yet to come.All these years later, Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 is still reforming itself.
William Cooke is intrigued by the comet fragment in orbit over Australia. In an unusual event, the fragment was yesterday.
Estimated to be traveling 220 miles per hour, and will likely travel in a new orbit in the next few days.
It is possible that the debris will be powerful enough to create a meteor shower.If not, there might be no meteor showers after all.
"Horoscopes" suggests the planetary alignment near the full moon will result in bad weather in Texas on Thursday.
The peak time for the peak intensity of potential rain and thunderstorms will be between midnight and dawn.