A brief but powerful burst of shooting stars will usher in the new year, offering skywatchers a narrow window to catch one of ...

Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs ...

As the American Meteor Society notes, Quadrantids has a short but active peak, lasting around 6 hours. The peak is expected ...

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

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...

The Geminids meteor shower peaks on the evening of Saturday. During its peak, the AMS says that it can spit out upwards of 150 meteors per hour, although NASA predicts a much tamer 40 to 50 meteors ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks this weekend, Dec. 13-14! The meteors will be visible all night – just look to the eastern ...

The Geminid meteor shower put on a dazzling cosmic firework show when it peaked overnight on Dec. 13 as shards of the solar ...

There's a series of celestial events happening this month, so mark your calendars Getty Forget the rain — April has its own set of meteor showers lighting up the heavens! This month is often ...

It's time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society. The meteors tend to be ...

Avid sky-gazers spend all year anticipating the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Now, it's finally here. This weekend, dozens of meteors, including some especially brilliant ones called ...