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• - Descriptions and explanations of what causes meteors, as well as the history of its study.
  
• - Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers are using a network of microphones to track meteors as they burst into Earth's atmosphere.
  
• - Research on the 1908 Tunguska event, electrophonic sounds, and meteor phenomena.
  
• - A month-by-month guide with basic tips.
  
• - News, articles.
  
• - A forum for meteor observers of all levels. Mailing list, mailing list archives, FAQ, how to view meteor showers.
  
• - Information, observation and history. Updated yearly in July.
  
• - What meteors really are and when to see them.
  
• - Illustrated reports, photo gallery from meteorite expeditions undertaken in the Sahara desert of North Africa.
  
• - Reports and images from a large collection of meteorites, with samples of the Moon and Mars. Includes instructions on how to obtain samples for analysis.
  
• - A concise listing of all meteor showers that can be seen throughout the year.
  
• - Fireball and meteor descriptions, reporting information, data on fireballs over Colorado.
  
• - News article on a meteorite found in Canada.
  
• - General information, data, pictures. Also features educator's guides to micrometeorites, impact craters and space debris.
  
• - Descriptions of the Tunguska impact event. Researched, written, and illustrated by William K. Hartmann.
  
• - New evidence links the simultaneous fires in Chicago, Peshtigo, and the entire Central portion of Michigan (from Lake Michigan to Lake Huron) to a meteorite fall.
  
• - Information on the Leonid meteor storms which are associated with the appearance of the comet Tempel-Tuttle.
  
• - Offers news, images and reports by a team observing meteor storms such as the Leonids and Perseids.
  
• - What to expect, how to observe and history of the shower.
  
• - Offers science results, images and curation information on a collection at NASA.
  
• - Encyclopedia article. Definitions, meteor showers, fireballs.
  
• - Main showers dates.
  
• - Description of the Tunguska impact event, from the Southworth Planetarium.
  
• - Images and description of a bright meteor event on August 15, 1999, recorded by an all-sky camera at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.