When it comes to meteor showers, the Perseids pop. It's not just about the quantity of meteors (as many as 100 per hour) and their showy quality but also their superb timing. The annual shower ...

Part of the Milky Way can be seen in the starry night sky. This season is marked by the sparkle and glow of holiday decorations adorning buildings, trees, and fences. But if you look up at the sky ...

A fireball streaks across the morning sky above NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. What’s a summer without a meteor ...

Sky-gazers worldwide may get the chance to see a celestial display this week as the annual Leonid meteor shower reaches its peak. The Leonids are set to peak at 1 p.m. ET Monday, according to ...

This image provided by NASA shows comet 96P Machholz which orbits the Sun about every six years, and is suspected to cause the Southern Delta Aquariid meteor showers. WASHINGTON — It’s almost time ...

Today sees the beginning of the Geminids, the most prolific meteor shower of the year. A meteor shower that favours the Northern Hemisphere, it’s a display often overlooked by skywatchers despite ...

While headlines chase dazzling summer meteors, a quieter shower slips through late December skies, rewarding only those who ...

The Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight, Tuesday, August 12, into the following morning. The usual advice to maximize meteors in the hours before sunrise is as the Earth turns into the stream of ...

Comets and meteors have traditionally been said to foretell the fall of princes. They also often serve as metaphors for other disasters of epic or biblical proportions. On July 20, 1860, a meteor ...

One of the most anticipated celestial events of the year is set to dazzle skywatchers as the Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of August 12 into the early hours of August 13. Known ...