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Draconids meteor shower peaks in October night sky

Rank
Ran
44h
Updated
19h ago
Closed
Outlets
7
Regions
3
Countries
6
Languages
4

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TASS Russia · English 7 Oct, 08:43 UTC

The earliest of 3 English reports

Read it also in Polski (2) · Türkçe (1) · Українська (1) · +2 languages

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How it spread

Outlets covering the story by hours since its first article: one at the start, 7 after 44 hours.

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Outlets, by hours since the first article

  1. First outlet: Wirtualna Polska, 6 Oct, 13:05 UTC.
  2. Second country: Ukraine, with Unian.
  3. Second region: Asia-Pacific, with The Hindu.
  4. Last article: 7 outlets.

Where it travelled

45 of 45 hours

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The 6 countries whose press covered it, the later a country joined, the more it stands out. Open the live map

The regions

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  • Asia-Pacific 1 outlet · 1 country · 14%
  • Europe 5 outlets · 4 countries · 72%
  • Middle East 1 outlet · 1 country · 14%

First movers

  1. Wirtualna Polska 6 Oct, 13:05 UTC
  2. Unian +5h 54m
  3. TASS +19h 39m
  4. The Independent +22h 12m
  5. The Hindu +38h 25m

Last to join

  1. Cumhuriyet 8 Oct, 09:32 UTC
  2. Onet 8 Oct, 07:31 UTC
  3. The Hindu 8 Oct, 03:30 UTC
  4. The Independent 7 Oct, 11:17 UTC
  5. TASS 7 Oct, 08:43 UTC

The figures

Coverage
7 outlets in 6 countries, across 3 regions. The article links are kept for good for every story that reaches the map. Of the 7 outlets, 1 state-owned, 6 private. A count of countries is not a count of independent press systems.
Countries by region
Asia-Pacific 1: India. Europe 4: Poland, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom. Middle East 1: Turkey. The region a country’s press publishes from, as the feed list files it; the outlets that publish from no single country count as one country under International.
Languages
English, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Timeline
Earliest article Wirtualna Polska, 6 Oct 2026, 13:05 UTC. First seen 6 Oct 2026, 13:10 UTC. Last seen 8 Oct 2026, 09:32 UTC. The earliest article is the earliest claimed publication time among the outlets Loudest reads, a claim rather than an observation and not a record of who broke the story (the data files call it the lead article); first seen is when Loudest first fetched an article of it, from which the running time counts.
Classification
Region International. Topic Science & health. Hard news Judged not hard news. Left off the map. Whether the story is hard news under the rule in the methodology, judged from its headlines by a model; a story judged outside the rule is left off the map and kept here. The region and country are where the story is about, not where it was covered.
Score
0.08, as of now. One vote per general-press country and a smaller term for outlets, each counted from the moment it joined the story and fading on its own clock, so a late article does not renew the rest. A day in the archive keeps the score it was ranked by that day.
Chain
Continued by Draconids meteor shower peaks tonight. A story continues another when it resembled it as it began, past that story’s own 48-hour box.

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How this was measured

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Started 6 Oct, 13:10 UTC · Updated 8 Oct, 09:32 UTC · Final figures at midnight UTC

Covered by 7 outlets

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Asia-Pacific 1 outlet

  • The Hindu India 8 Oct, 03:30 UTC
    What to look for in the October night sky

Europe 5 outlets

  • Onet Poland 8 Oct, 07:31 UTC
    Nad Polską pojawi się rój meteorów. Warunki będą idealne
  • The Independent United Kingdom 7 Oct, 11:17 UTC
    Experts share how and when to watch peak of Draconids meteor shower over UK this week
  • TASS Russia 7 Oct, 08:43 UTC
    Draconid meteors to look red on night of October 9 — expert
  • Unian Ukraine 6 Oct, 18:59 UTC
    Зорепад Драконідів: у жовтні можна побачити незвичне небесне видовище
  • Wirtualna Polska Poland 6 Oct, 13:05 UTC
    Szykuje się zjawisko na niebie. Jesienny "deszcz gwiazd" może zachwycić

Middle East 1 outlet

  • Cumhuriyet Turkey 8 Oct, 09:32 UTC
    Bu gece gökyüzüne bakmayı sakın unutmayın! Uzay Haftası'nda gözler 'uyanan ejderha'da
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