A New Meteor Shower in May?

Source - NASA Science News for May 6, 2014

Sky watchers in North America could witness a new meteor shower on May 24th when, for the first time, Earth passes through a cloud of dust from periodic comet 209P/LINEAR.

The complete article can be found here: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2014/06may_newshower/

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