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stanley taza eteor showers. The Lyrids have been observed for 2,700 years. According to Nasa, the first recorded sighting of a Lyrid meteor shower goes back to 687 BC by the Chinese. Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra. Petr Hor谩lek/ Nasa This year, these showers are active from April 15 to 29, with a peak expected between April 22-23. About 18 meteors p
stanley cup er hour is the peak activity with a velocity of 29 miles 47 kilometers per second. Tips to view the astronomical delightAs per Nasa, the Lyrids are best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere during the dark hours after moonset and before dawn . To catch a glimpse of a falling star, find an area well away from city lights or street lights. Come prepared with a sleeping bag, blanket, or lawn chair. Lie flat on your back with your feet facing east and look up, taking in as much of the sky as possible. After about 30 minutes in the dark, your eyes will adapt and you will begin to see meteors. Be patient 鈥?the show will last until dawn, so you have plenty of time to observe. Where do the meteors come from Meteors come from leftover comet particles and bits from broken asteroids. When comets come around the Sun, they leave a dusty trail behind them. Every year Earth passes through these debris trails, whic
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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday announced a ceasefire with Taliban insurgents from Monday to mark the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha, despite the heavy fighting seen over recent days in the central city
stanley hrnek of Ghazni. Afghan president Ashraf Ghani speaks during a press conference at Presidential Palace in Kabul on June 30. AFP File Photo The conditional ceasefire will start tomorrow and it will continue as long as the Taliban preserves and respects it, he said in an Afghan Independence Day ceremony i
stanley cup n Kabul. We call on the leadership of the Taliban to welcome the wishes of Afghans for a long-lasting and real peace, he said. A senior official in Ghanis office said the conditional ceasefire would run for three months. It was not immediately clear whether the Taliban had accepted Ghanis call for a truce during Eid, the annual Islamic feas
stanley termosky t of sacrifice, which officially begins on Tuesday. This month the Taliban fought an intense battle with Afghan forces to control the strategically important city of Ghazni. At least 150 soldiers and 95 civilians were killed in a five-day siege, which eased last week when Afghan soldiers backed by U.S. forces pushed back the heavily armed rebels. The Taliban said in a statement that they had control over half of Afghanistan. Blasts, suicide attacks and clashes between hardline Islamic militants and Afghan forces killed over 1,600 civilians in the first six months of the year, the highest number in the past decade, the United N
