The best time to watch for shooting stars is during the peak of an annual meteor shower. Here's everything you need to know about these spectacular displays. When interplanetary debris falls into ...

Meteor showers, like the Perseids ... this is a bit of a headscratcher. Hoba is the nickname of this behemoth meteorite, and it was found in 1920 by a farmer in Namibia. The reason for the ...

The Perseid meteor shower peaked overnight Sunday into Monday, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they look to the skies. The shower started in July and will continue through ...

Meteor showers are notoriously fickle ... the largest meteorite on Earth is located in Namibia. Called the Hoba meteorite, it is estimated to weigh about 60 tons. It is the largest single ...

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 ...

Here’s how it works. The Perseid meteor shower is the most famous annual display of "shooting stars." It typically occurs between July and August, when it's warm in the Northern Hemisphere.

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The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest annual meteor showers known to humankind, will once again grace Earth's sky this week. This year, the meteors are expected to last through April 25.

The Leonid meteors are a few years away from producing the kind meteor storm that dazzles stargazers once about every 33 years, but the fast fireballs they're known for producing should still put ...

The stars have aligned for 2025. The Quadrantid meteor shower — one of the most dazzling annual meteor showers — will be peaking overnight from Thursday to Friday, producing bright ...

The Lyrid meteor shower — the second meteor shower on the calendar this year — runs through April 26, peaking on the night of April 21 to 22. An average of 15 or 20 Lyrid meteors per hour may ...