The Taurid meteor shower is composed of two streams known as the Southern Taurids and the Northern Taurids. We explore this ...

Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – If you’ve been gazing at the sky lately, you might have noticed an unusually high number of shooting ...

Meteor showers are the product of comets or asteroids dropping debris on their orbit. Once these debris streams cross the ...

The Orionid meteor shower peaks this year with the arrival of a new moon, offering a rare chance to see shooting stars ...

NASA says the meteor shower is best viewed during the pre-dawn hours, but the sweet spot is between midnight and 2 a.m. Make ...

Three meteor showers are active over Michigan skies, with peaks approaching. And a pair of comets are joining the show.

Observe the fiery Southern and Northern Taurids, a pair of potentially flashy meteor showers that are set to peak this ...

October 31, 2023, Mountain View, CA – The SETI Institute is proud to announce a new book by SETI Institute meteor astronomer Dr. Peter Jenniskens. Called "Atlas of Earth's Meteor Showers," this ...

• Comet – A mass of ice, rock and dust which often has a tail. The tail is made up of water vapor, dust and various gases which vaporize and grows as it gets closer to the sun. • Asteroid – A body ...

The dazzling Orionid meteor shower peaked on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning between midnight and dawn.

This statement might sound like a line from a sci-fi movie, but what if life on Earth didn’t start here at all? For decades, ...