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The Southern and Northern Taurids originate from Comet 2P/Encke. (Image credit: Adventure_Photo through Getty Images)
Among fall’s finest chances to see fantastic “fireballs” shows up over night Wednesday and Thursday (Nov. 4-5) throughout the Southern Taurid meteor shower.
The Southern Taurids are a small meteor shower that produces just a handful of “shooting stars” each hour, it sometimes includes incredibly intense meteors called fireballs, which can quickly illuminate the night sky. According to NASAfireballs are meteors a minimum of as brilliant as Venus
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Jamie Carter is a Cardiff, U.K.-based freelance science reporter and a routine factor to Live Science. He is the author of A Stargazing Program For Beginners and co-author of The Eclipse Effect, and leads worldwide stargazing and eclipse-chasing trips. His work appears routinely in Space.com, Forbes, New Scientist, BBC Sky during the night, Sky & Telescope, and other significant science and astronomy publications.
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