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NASA Insight mission's seismometer data of a meteor slamming into Mars has been converted into sound. The meteor broke into multiple pieces during its entry into Mars atmosphere and created at least three craters which were imaged by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
The Leonids meteor shower tends to look like it's coming from the constellation Leo the Lion and the eastern part of the sky.
The Leonids meteor shower peaks every year in November and is considered a major shower. Here's everything to know about how to watch, including when it peaks.
NASA officials predict the Leonids meteor shower will peak overnight Sunday and early Monday morning. It is active until Dec. 2. The display comes after ribbons of green, pink, and red aurora lights dazzled Minnesotans earlier this week, marking the best light show in decades for many residents.
The Leonid meteor shower, which is active from Nov. 6 to Nov. 30, is to peak from the night of Nov. 16 to Nov. 17, according to the American Meteor Society. And the moon, which will be a waning crescent at approximately 9% full, shouldn't spoil the view.
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew by asteroid Dinkinesh and made a surprising discovery, a close binary! Preliminary statistics show that Dinkinesh is ~0.5 miles (790 m) wide and the binary asteroid is 0.15 miles (220 m) in size.