The strongest meteor shower of the year is expected to peak this week, bringing bright, long streaks of light across the night sky.

Every winter in late December, kids (and adults) everywhere look up for a special delivery of gifts from the sky. We’re talking, of course, about the Quadrantids meteor shower. The Quadrantids run ...

In 2023, a fireball appeared in the French skies, startling people worldwide. This fireball was a result of a tiny meteoroid named 2023 CX1 blowing apart at a very low latitude. Findings regarding ...

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The Geminid and Quadrantid meteor showers are among the most anticipated celestial events for skywatchers and astronomers as Earth passes through streams of space debris that create bright “shooting ...

Asteroid impacts with global consequences are vastly rarer, especially compared to the frequency with which they appear in ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — An extraterrestrial visitor lit up the night sky across Michigan on Sunday evening. The bright flash, caused by a falling meteoroid, could be seen from Jackson to the Upper ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The annual Geminid meteor shower, one of the year’s most ...

Exactly 150 summers ago, stargazers were admiring a beautiful new comet. Discovered in mid-July 1862 by Americans Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle, the new object became favorably positioned high in the ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower is active from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16, 2026, and will peak Jan. 3-4, 2026, though viewing will be ...

The Geminid meteor shower, characterized by bright, slow-moving meteors, is distinct as its parent body is identified as the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, unlike most meteor showers which originate from ...