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Spring is Fireball Season

Subject: Spring is Fireball Season
From: NASA Science News <snglist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:37:58 -0600

NASA Science News for March 31, 2011

For reasons researchers do not understand, the rate of midnight fireballs increases during the weeks around the vernal equinox. It's a beautiful display, but where do they come from? NASA's growing network of fireball cameras is scanning the heavens for answers.

FULL STORY at

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/31mar_springfireballs/

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