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Do meteor showers threaten satellites and astronauts on the International Space Station?
Meteor showers provide spectacular skywatching opportunities for observers on the ground as meteoroids — grains of cosmic dust left by comets — burn up, producing brilliant "shooting stars" as they enter Earth's atmosphere. The next big …