Unlike most meteor showers, which come from icy comets, the Geminids originate from an unusual source: the rocky asteroid 3200 Phaethon. Every December, Earth passes through a dense trail of dust and ...

The peak shower will appear to the east, coming out of the Gemini constellation, between 8 and 9 p.m. Saturday, and will last through the night. Meteors began falling on Dec. 4 and will continue until ...

The Geminids meteor shower has proven to reliably produce around 120 meteors per hour in a dark sky, and many of them are bright.

The first half of November features the peaks of two different meteor showers – the Taurids and the Leonids. Both meteor showers aren’t well known for a lot of meteor activity, but patient watchers ...

Love to watch shooting stars? There will be lots of chances to see meteors and fireballs light up the night sky from now through the end of the year. But these could take more planning than some of ...

A video captured on a vehicle's dashboard camera shows what's believed to be a meteor falling from the sky over Florida this week. In the video, which was taken by Drew McKinley and shared to social ...