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In the early morning of September 4, there was a brief meteor shower outburst visible over California and Arizona with a radiant in the constellation Cassiopeia. It was recorded by low-light video cameras in the CAMS networks led by Peter Jenniskens (SETI Institute) and Nick Moskovitz (Lowell Observatory). The outburst revealed a weak annual shower that had not been mapped before, with a possible earlier outburst in 2014. The shower was caused by the crumbs of a yet-to-be discovered comet in a …

The SETI Institute frequently appears in news stories due to its essential contributions to space science and exploration. In this month’s roundup, explore groundbreaking methods for finding extraterrestrial life with the help of AI in space, discover how desert moss could aid Mars colonization, and marvel at the Sydney Science Festival's fusion of space and art. Aso, don’t miss the dazzling Perseid meteor shower on August 11th and 12th!

Harvard University picked up a strange 'boom' over New England last month that released explosive energy equivalent to 2,400 pounds of TNT and traveled 1,115 feet per second.