The Great 1913 Meteor Procession: The Night the Sky Unraveled

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The Great 1913 Meteor Procession: The Night the Sky Unraveled

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In February 1913, thousands of people across the Western Hemisphere witnessed a slow-motion cosmic parade of meteors grazing the atmosphere. In this episode, we dive into eyewitness accounts of that unforgettable night and explore the scientific research that revealed the truth behind the spectacle. It wasn’t just a meteor shower. It was an awe-inspiring disintegration of Earth’s forgotten “minimoon.”