December is a busy month between the holiday season, the winter solstice and the occasional aurora borealis. It also hosts one of the best meteor showers of the year, with the Geminids. This often ...

When an asteroid circling around the Sun gets too close, the seething radiation of the Sun breaks it apart into crumbs of gas, dust, ice, and rock. These crumbs scatter all around, and over time, ...

The Geminids meteor shower is December’s biggest celestial event, delivering bright, reliable meteors that light up the sky like cosmic sparkles each year The shower peaks the night of Dec. 13 and 14, ...

A powerful new telescope spots an unusually large asteroid spinning faster than thought possible, challenging long held ideas ...

The biggest meteor shower of the year is expected to reach its peak on Saturday night, sending hundreds of bright streaks of light across the dark Bay Area sky. The Geminids, named for the Gemini ...

ROCHESTER, AND IN BERLIN FOR TONIGHT. FAIR SKIES. TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO FALL BACK INTO THE 50S. AND HERE’S GOOD NEWS WITH THE CLEAR SKIES OUT THERE FOR TONIGHT. A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VIEW ONE OF ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There will be plenty of chances to spot shooting stars throughout 2026, with meteor showers putting on a show nearly every month.