Scientists Discover a New Meteor Shower From a Mysterious Crumbling Asteroid

Scientists identified a new meteor shower tied to a small asteroid that likely broke apart after passing too close to the Sun.

A 2026 analysis of millions of observations from global all-sky camera networks found 282 meteors in the same recently formed cluster.

The breakup appears to have been driven by intense solar heating, shedding dust and debris into Earth’s meteor environment.

The discovery could help uncover hidden near-Earth asteroids and improve understanding of asteroid disintegration and impact risk.