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Southern Taurid meteor shower could bring fireballs ‪this week —‬ when and where to look

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Southern Taurid meteor shower could bring fireballs ‪this week —‬ when and where to look
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One of autumn's best opportunities to see brilliant "fireballs" arrives overnight Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 4-5) during the Southern Taurid meteor shower.Although the Southern Taurids are a minor meteor shower that produces only a handful of "shooting stars" each hour, it occasionally features exceptionally bright meteors called fireballs, which can briefly light up the night sky. According to NASA, fireballs are meteors at least as bright as Venus.The Southern Taurids are active for several

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