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What's in the Sky: November night skies

  • By Jim White
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Welcome to November! One of our cloudier months, and certainly not one with a lot of clear skies. However, when the clouds do clear, early sunsets mean the ability to view the skies earlier in the evening. Get out when you can!

Meteor showers at peak
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Meteor showers at peak

  • Emily Fitzgerald
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Stargazers will get an exceptional treat this weekend as Perseid meteors shoot across the sky at a rate of almost one per minute.

Meteors often menace Earth: 2 space rocks hours illustrate danger
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Meteors often menace Earth: 2 space rocks hours illustrate danger

  • MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — A space rock even bigger than the meteor that exploded like an atom bomb over Russia could drop out of the sky unannounced at any time and wreak havoc on a city. And Hollywood to the contrary, there isn’t much the world’s scientists and generals can do about it.