At the start of each year, within a few days of all the New Year's Eve celebrations wrapping up, the sky itself puts on a ...

The meteor shower is expected to peak between 4 and 5 a.m. ET Sunday, said Robert Lunsford, fireball report coordinator for the American Meteor Society. But it’s also possible to see meteors in ...

According to NASA, the moon travels around Earth in an elliptical orbit, or an elongated circle, with our planet closer to ...

As the year draws to a close, skywatchers have an opportunity to witness the annual Ursid meteor shower, which is expected to peak this weekend. The Ursids mark the second week of back-to-back ...

As the end of the year draws close, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to one of the most active meteor showers in the celestial calendar: the Quadrantid meteor shower.

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2025 stretches ahead of us with plenty of opportunities, including a full schedule of meteor showers. They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be ...