Meteor showers occur on Earth every year. Some individual meteors streaming through the Martian atmosphere have been observed as well, however this is the first time when a full meteor shower is detected. By tracking the paths of the comets passing through the vicinity of Mars, UK scientists believe that they can predict meteor showers on Mars the same way meteor showers are predicted back here on Earth.
"Just as we can predict meteor outbursts at Earth, such as the Leonids, we can also pred...
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