Spring is Fireball Season

Thursday, March 31, 2011 - 13:00 in Mathematics & Economics

For reasons researchers do not understand, the rate of midnight fireballs increases during the weeks around the vernal equinox. It's a beautiful display, but where do they come from? NASA's growing network of fireball cameras is scanning the heavens for answers.

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