On Saturday night, get ready for a stunning display of green meteors — weather permitting. The Geminids, regarded as the year’s biggest and best meteor shower, could sling 50 meteors overhead every ...

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 ...

Stargazers across the United States are in for a treat this weekend as the annual Leonids meteor shower lights up the night sky. NASA officials predict that the Leonids will peak overnight Sunday (Nov ...

The first quarter of 2026 is in the books. While a relatively quiet one for earthquakes, the skies lit up for an unusual number of meteors. The American Meteor Society tallied over 2,300 different ...

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. A rare display of “shooting stars” ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s that time of year again, and the peak of what’s revered as the “best meteor shower of the year” is approaching. Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through streams of debris left behind by ...

The June Bootids usually produce just a handful of meteors, but this notoriously unpredictable shower has a history of surprise outbursts. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The June Bootids meteor shower peaks tonight, June 27. Famous for surprise outbursts, it could offer skywatchers an unexpected celestial treat.