Under ideal conditions, about 25 Quadrantid meteors would be visible per hour, according to NASA. While the meteors are known ...

The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync up in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.

The Perseid meteor shower above the Kusca fairy chimneys in Turkey, on Aug. 12. (Ercin Erturk/Getty Images) Although the Perseid meteor shower peaked late Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, ...

But as bad as it is for the Quadrantids this year, it will be a very different story in 2028.

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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 ...

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 ...