First Meteor Shower of 2009

The annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on January 3rd when Earth enters a stream of debris from shattered comet 2003 EH1.

The timing of the encounter favors observers in western North America and across the Pacific Ocean who could see dozens to hundreds of meteors during the dark hours before sunrise this Saturday morning.

Visit http://spaceweather.com for a sky map and more information.

For the new year, Spaceweather.com is pleased to announce a new service: Space Weather Radio, broadcasting live "sounds from space" around the clock.

Today you can listen to the Air Force Space Surveillance Radar in Texas. When a meteor passes over the facility--ping!--there is an audible echo. (Activity should be high during the Quadrantid meteor shower this weekend.)

In the near future we'll be adding broadcasts of solar radio bursts and VLF signals from the ionosphere. The streams are punctuated by Daily Space Weather Updates from Dr. Tony Phillips.

Click here to begin listening: http://SpaceweatherRadio.com

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