This is a rare moment when the moon and a cluster of shooting stars share the spotlight Thilina Kaluthotage/NurPhoto via Getty Early January features two major skywatching events, with a full ...

A shimmering meteor was spotted cutting across the sky over the famed Gateway Arch in Missouri hours before revelers rushed to a New Year’s Eve celebration at the monument’s base. “HEY LOOK, it’s… A ...

ST. LOUIS – If your eye was on the sky early Wednesday morning in St. Louis, chances are you caught a meteor flying across. At 5:22 a.m. a camera on the Earth Cam network located at the Malcolm Martin ...

Each day, Times Insider editors scour the newspaper for the most interesting facts to appear on our pages. This year, tidbits about plastic recycling, whale sharks and crab Rangoon enlightened and ...

It all started with an overheard conversation between some camel herders. The year was 1916, and Gaston Ripert, a French army captain, had been injured and sent to recover in the small town of ...

The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other. The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night into Saturday morning, according ...

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The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desk has had a busy 2025: Our writers have spent the year probing the limits of human consciousness and gene-editing technology, studying the ubiquity of ...

Here's how to see the Ursid meteor shower, which peaks in dark skies close to a new moon this year. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

It's hard enough to see a meteorite strike on Earth: Most of the bits of space debris that survive entry into the atmosphere plunge into the ocean, which covers about 70 percent of the planet. The ...

The Ursid meteor shower is an annual event caused by debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle. It is active from December 17 to 26, with its peak occurring between December 22 and 23. The best viewing time is in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Warmly-dressed skywatchers with clear skies should brace for ...