THE TAURID METEOROID SWARM: Earth is about to have a close encounter with a meteoroid swarm. In June 2019, the gravelly Taurid Swarm will make its closest post-perihelion approach to our planet since 1975. There's growing evidence that the swarm may be hiding large objects such as the Tunguska impactor that leveled a forest in Siberia in 1908. Astronomers plan to peer inside the swarm using large telescopes to find these hazards--if they exist. Visit Spaceweather.com for the full story.
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Above: A flurry of fireballs over the Czech republic photographed by Martin Popek during a close encounter with the Taurid Swarm in 2015.
