The New Year starts with a bang as Quandrantids peaks on Jan. 2 and 3. This is one of the largest meteor showers of the year, ...

The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a remote region at the outer edge of the solar system that is believed to contain the ...

One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — Researchers have created a dataset of the whole atmosphere, enabling new research to be conducted on previously difficult-to-study regions. Using a new data-assimilation system ...

The Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025, will see some 120 bright fireballs glide across the sky from dusk to dawn every hour. For one, these shooting stars aren’t actually stars. They’re the ...

Stargazers in the northern hemisphere will have the chance to observe the Draconid meteor shower as it peaks Monday evening ...

The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours, when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of ...

Astronomy fans can expect to observe a series of meteor showers this year. Check out the full list of all those scheduled to ...

Get ready for a spectacular start to 2025, as one of the most active meteor showers in the astronomical calendars is set to light up the skies.

While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from asteroid 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid that was ...