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Nasa Discovers a Rain of Unprecedented Meteors: an Asteroid Is Disintegrating Near the Sun

Every year, the Earth crosses the trail of dust abandoned by comets through their repeated passages near the Sun. Yet, some swarms of shooting stars do not come from these icy travellers, but from asteroids subjected to extreme conditions. The discovery of a rain of meteors of asteroidal origin, fed by a rocky body in full thermal disintegration, enriches this still undocumented category. 282 meteors grouped in an extreme orbit Patrick M. Shober…
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Every year, the Earth crosses the trail of dust abandoned by comets through their repeated passages near the Sun. Yet, some swarms of shooting stars do not come from these icy travellers, but from asteroids subjected to extreme conditions. The discovery of a rain of meteors of asteroidal origin, fed by a rocky body in full thermal disintegration, enriches this still undocumented category. 282 meteors grouped in an extreme orbit Patrick M. Shober…

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Science-et-vie.com broke the news on Wednesday, April 22, 2026.
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