NASA says they can be visible as early as 10 p.m. According to Space.com, the Perseid meteor shower is an effect of the comet Swift-Tuttle, discovered in 1862. Swift-Tuttle is the largest object ...

(KXAN) — What NASA calls the best meteor shower of the year is peaking this weekend. The Perseid meteor shower can produce up to 100 meteors per hour, giving you an excellent shot at witnessing ...

Meteor showers are some of the most spectacular celestial events of the year - here's how, where and when you can expect to look up and catch one where you live ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The annual Perseid meteor shower has begun and you need to start thinking about planning a visit to a dark sky destination for ...

August opens with the spectacle of a waning moon dropping past three planets over three mornings. First up is Jupiter, a ...

Translation? You could see the Northern Lights and more of the active Perseid meteor shower Monday night into early Tuesday morning. That’s if you get away far from city lights! Pictures posted ...

The annual Perseid meteor shower shows activity from 23 July through to 23 August, reaching its peak during daylight for the UK on 12 August. The best nights to watch out for a Perseid meteor ...

The first meteor shower of the year, the Quadrantids, peaks tonight, Jan. 2, and on Jan. 3 according to NASA. NASA called Quadrantids, which peak in early January annually, "one of the best annual ...

The Perseid meteor shower will occur throughout the summer ... behind them as they streak through Earth's atmosphere," said NASA. The large parent comet for the shower is called 109P/Swift-Tuttle.

along with the Geminid meteor shower in December and the Perseid meteor shower in August. But the Quadrantids meteor shower has a relatively short peak period of only six hours or so. The ...