For comfort, NASA recommends bringing a blanket or sleeping bag to keep warm during the chilly night. According to NASA, a meteor is a small piece of space rock or debris, often referred to as a ...
The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and 14. Up to 120 "shooting stars" per hour will rain down on Earth, but a near-full moon may hamper viewing.
A mateur astronomers in Dwingeloo in the northeastern Netherlands have picked up a signal from NASA's ailing Voyager 1 spacecraft, around 24.9 billion kilometers (15.5 billion miles) away.