Lord Frederick Leighton paintings

Lord Frederick Leighton paintings
Mark Rothko paintings
meteor showers aren't only a treat for the eyes, science also benefits from the display. Jenniskens says he and his team plan to analyze the content of meteors as they streak by to learn what kind of organic matter they might carry and whether that matter is changed in the process.This information could be significant since some scientists believe organic matter from comets could have planted the seeds for life on Earth billions of years ago."meteor showers have gone from being great anecdotes to becoming a bona fide part of astronomy," he said.At its peak hour at 5 a.m. ET, the meteors could be streaming down at a rate of 70 a minute, or 4,200 an hour, says Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA Ames' Research Center.Satellites, Space Station Could Be Nicked