logo
welcome
Live Science

Live Science

Phew! No 'doomsday' asteroids hide in famous broken comet's debris stream

Live Science
Summary
Nutrition label

79% Informative

The Taurid Meteoroid Complex is a huge trail of debris that cuts across the path of Earth 's orbit around the sun.

It's responsible for several meteor showers, most notably the Southern Taurids that peak every year on Nov. 5 .

But lurking among all the debris are larger chunks, from boulder-size rocks to full-blown asteroids.