Despite the nights getting shorter, the warming weather makes Spring one of the best times of year to get outside to view the night sky. In 2026, along with two annual meteor showers, look for bright ...

After a more than three-month meteor shower drought, you can finally look to the skies again for a cosmic display. The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak, or reach its maximum activity, on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've had two good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon earlier this month and the launch and splashdown of the ...

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Stargazers are in for a treat next week as the 2026 Lyrid meteor shower kicks off, known for its fast and bright meteors with occasional fireballs. Here's when and what to know about April's two ...

Early birds are in for a celestial treat this week as activity from the Eta Aquariid meteor shower heats up — but they’ll need to keep sharp eyes on the sky. The shower will peak between Tuesday and ...

Fingers crossed for clear skies in August, as the season's major astronomical events all seem to be clustered in that single month!

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Each meteor is a tiny fragment of debris left behind by Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), a long-period comet that last passed through the inner solar system in 1861. As Earth moves through that debris ...