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How to see a double meteor shower on Tuesday night with a chance of fireballs
Whether you're in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, you can catch two different types of meteor …
Jessica Orwig
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How to see the year's best meteor shower this weekend, with fireballs, colorful trails, and a Jupiter-Mars conjunction
The Perseids can be the best meteor shower of the year, thanks to bright fireballs and long colorfu…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The meteoric rise — and spectacular fall — of the Queen of Airbnb
She promised investors an easy windfall. Then it all came crashing down.
Dan Latu
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Here's what fireballs are and how to best spot them at the Perseid meteor shower's peak
Explore the celestial spectacle of fireballs during the Perseid meteor shower, set to peak this wee…
Hannah Getahun,Sebastian Cahill
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The Quadrantids are the first meteor shower of 2024. Here's where to look and the best time to see it.
The Quadrantids are the first meteor shower of 2024 — and the best, per NASA. Here's where to look …
Jessica Orwig
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The woman behind the Stanley Quencher's meteoric rise said she had to beg the company's executives to market to women
The cofounder of a woman-oriented shopping guide told The Wall Street Journal she had to push Stanl…
Erin Snodgrass
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Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says it'd take 'a meteor strike' for Nikki Haley to win the state's GOP presidential primary
"I'm not seeing movement," Sanford told Politico Magazine. "I'll tell you what could change: Trump …
John L. Dorman
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Temu's meteoric rise is fueled by social media, but some accounts promoting the shopping app appear to be fake — here's what experts say
Insider found hundreds of Twitter profiles of consumers marketing themselves as official ambassador…
Mary Hanbury
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The 2023 Perseid meteor shower will peak this weekend, bringing up to 100 fireballs per hour. Here's where to watch.
The Perseid meteor shower will peak August 13, 2023, and conditions to see will be good this year. …
Marianne Guenot
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Starry rise of the Videocon group which ended in a meteoric fall
In one of the most high-profile tumbles in recent years, the Videocon Group chief Venugopal N. Dhoo…
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NASA images show a meteor crashed into Mars, triggered a big quake, and kicked up surprise water ice
NASA's InSight lander detected an unusual quake on Mars. Then the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spott…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Marianne Guenot,Paola Rosa-Aquino
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An asteroid only turns into a meteor if it falls to Earth
Space agencies keep an eye out for these objects have come to realise that the asteroids having …
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Moon meteorite in the Western Sahara contains an new mineral that could explain what's happening in the Earth's mantle
A team of European researchers has discovered a new high-pressure mineral named donwilhelmsite in t…
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A meteorite landed inches away from a woman's pillow as she slept
"The next thing was just a huge explosion and debris all over my face," Hamilton told CBC. "I didn'…
Azmi Haroun
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A longtime Alibaba exec and former special assistant to Jack Ma gives a behind-the-scenes look at the company's meteoric rise in a new book
In "The Tao of Alibaba," Brian A. Wong explains Jack Ma's management philosophy and how it helped A…
Jonathan A. Knee
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There’s a lot more than just water on the Moon’s South Pole — Here’s why
As countries race to build on the discovery of water near the Moon's South Pole, there could be a l…
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Geminid meteor shower will be visible over parts of India tonight
"While it is expected around December 13-14 night, one can probably also see some meteors on…
PTI
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A meteor that incinerated the residents of an ancient city inspired the biblical story of Sodom, research suggests
Millennia ago, a meteor half the size of the Statue of Liberty struck an Middle Eastern city. The e…
Aylin Woodward
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Fireball incoming - meteor streaks across South Florida's night sky, shocking residents
Floridians were shocked by the sight of what appeared to be a huge fireball lighting up the Florida…
Cheryl Teh
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A Top 10 tennis star talks her meteoric rise, her off-court hobbies, and playing through war close to home
Anett Kontaveit, the 26-year-old Estonian tennis star, told Insider about her meteoric rise to worl…