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New meteor shower from an asteroid being eroded by the sun

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Here’s a time lapse showing an outburst of Geminid meteors lighting up the sky. Read about a recent study that associated a new meteor shower with an asteroid that was destroyed by the sun. Image via NASA/ JPL.



A new study finds a meteor shower linked to an asteroid being eroded by the sun.
Most meteors originate from debris of gas and dust left behind when a comet orbits the sun.
Some meteor showers, like the Geminids, are the result of debris left behind by an asteroid.

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