More Stuff Falling from the Sky
Saturday, 13 December 2008
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Brace yourself.

There will be more stuff falling from the sky this weekend.

Stan Shaddick with the U of S Astronomy Department says the annual Geminids meteor shower will take place over the next few nights.

What's happening, he says, the earth, is plowing through a river of debris in space and that debris is being caught in the earth's gravity, as its pulled in, it heats up and makes the atmosphere glow.

We have experienced a number of odd things over the past few weeks beginning with a huge falling meteor back on November 20th, then a possible large falling star last weekend, and a tremor of some sort which shook the west side of Saskatoon for a few seconds Thursday.

Address article on the site www.saskatoonhomepage.ca:
http://www.saskatoonhomepage.ca/local-news/more-stuff-falling-from-the-sky.html

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written by a guest , December 15, 2008

It's been too cold West of Saskatoon to go outside and watch the show but we hope to go out this week and see what is going through the sky. The meteor that landed just west of the Battlefords is exciting and hopefully there will be more spectacular showings in the night sky. I for one will be out (well wrapped) and watching mother nature at her best!



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