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Heavenly bodies: Out of this world happenings in 2012

Summary: Geek out with eclipses, meteor showers and robotic machines landing on Mars. Check out what is happening across the skies in 2012.

Eileen Brown

By Eileen Brown |

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The Geminids are one of the major meteor showers not originating from a comet but from a Palladian asteroid. These meteors are slow moving, multicoloured and show up to 60 meteors per hour at their peak. The shower can be seen from the constellation Gemini.

In 2012 the new Moon will guarantee that there will be dark skies for the show.  Look east after midnight.

 

Credit: NASA

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  • OMG Uranus !

    You appear to be on a major mission to thoroughly waste all of our lives on your ridiculous Slide Shows. Let's get back to responsible photo-journalism PLEASE.
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