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A fireball over desert mountains photo of the day for May 30, 2025 - Space

10.06.2025 03:04

A fireball over desert mountains photo of the day for May 30, 2025 - Space

A bright meteor… [+1337 chars]

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A meteor streak is captured as it plunges through Earth's atmosphere over Kitt Peak National Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. (Image credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Dai)

Why doesn't speeding significantly decrease one’s commute time? I've done a lot of road trips and driving and have experimented by increasing speed by 10–20%, but somehow this never equates to arriving 20% sooner, even on clear roads.