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The European Commission and ESA’s Planetary Defence Office are jointly organising the “EU-ESA Workshop on Meteor Observations for Planetary Defence” , which will take place on 3-5 November 2026 in…
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The Perseids are active from July 17 through August 24 each year. These meteors are visible to anyone viewing between the latitudes of 60° N and 40° S . Locations north of 60° N experience twilight…
The IMO Meteor Shower Calendar 2027 Is Now Available The International Meteor Organization has released its Meteor Shower Calendar 2027, edited by Jürgen Rendtel. Now in its thirty-seventh edition…
The April 2026 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: Meteor Activity in…
Bad luck: when 2026 JN4 was discovered, on May 15th, 2026, the Sun was rising above the United States, making the follow up of the small asteroid hard to organize! A few hours later the same day…
The February 2026 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: Janus C…
Registration for the International Meteor Conference 2026 is now open. Join us in Barcelonnette, France, a charming Alpine town located at around 1,000 metres above sea level, for the next edition of…
The Lyrids are particles shed from comet 1861 G1 Thatcher, which last passed through the inner solar system in 1861. Don’t expect this comet to return anytime soon as its orbit has been calculated to…
Yesterday I spent the day working with Claude AI (Opus 4.5) to dig into the AMS fireball database going back to 2011. The goal was to answer the question everyone’s been asking: is fireball activity…
The December 2025 issue of the IMO Journal is now in print. It will be mailed shortly and subscribers can also immediately access the journal in PDF format . The contents this month: Call for future…
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