One of the toughest yet most rewarding annual display of "shooting stars" peaks overnight on Jan. 3-4, 2026 — here’s how to ...

To best see the Quadrantid meteor shower, go to the darkest possible location, lean back and relax. You don't need equipment ...

The Geminids tend to be the strongest meteor shower of the year. It is also the one major shower that provides good activity ...

A meteor lit up the sky over Mount Fuji, Japan, in the early hours of Friday, captured on CCTV by the Hiratsuka City Museum.

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 Geminid meteor shower peaks Saturday night with up to 150 meteors an hour. Here’s when to watch it and why it happens ...

Sky watchers may be tempted out this weekend, when an underappreciated meteor shower will coincide with a new moon and the ...

December's faint Ursid meteor shower returns under dark skies, offering a small chance of unexpected activity.

Skygazers usually see five to 10 meteors per hour during the height and there's a possibility for outbursts of up to 25 ...

This cosmic phenomenon will put on one heck of a show this weekend, and the moon will cooperate too—so don’t miss it.

Meteors from the Eta Aquariids, created by space debris left behind by the famous Halley's Comet, are set to zoom across the sky as the meteor shower peaks tonight. The Eta Aquariids will peak from ...

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 ...