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Meteor showers
When to watch the spectacular Geminid meteor shower this week. NASA says skies are ideal for viewing it.
The Geminids meteor shower will reach its peak around the world the night of December 13-14, 2023.
Here's what fireballs are and how to best spot them at the Perseid meteor shower's peak
Explore the celestial spectacle of fireballs during the Perseid meteor shower, set to peak this weekend.
The Lyrid meteor shower could give you the chance to see up to 20 shooting stars this weekend. Here's how to watch.
The Lyrid meteor shower will peak this weekend. Viewers could see 10-20 shooting stars an hour — if they know where to look. Here's how to watch.
The Taurids meteor shower is expected to peak this weekend. Here's how to watch bright fireballs dazzle the night sky.
Every seven years, the Taurids meteor shower creates bright fireballs that burn up in Earth's atmosphere. Don't miss it at its peak this weekend.
The Orionid meteor shower peaks Thursday night. Here's how to watch colorful streaks and fireballs lighting up the sky.
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. NASA calls them one of the year's most beautiful meteor showers.
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The Orionid meteor shower peaks this week, but a Hunter's Moon will make shooting stars harder to spot
The Orionids appear when Earth travels through debris from Halley's Comet. But the full moon will likely scuttle skywatchers this year.
The Perseids meteor shower peaks on Wednesday and Thursday. NASA calls it the best of the year.
The Perseids, considered the year's best meteor shower, will peak starting Wednesday. Here's how to watch the celestial light show.
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Shooting stars beckon in the New Year this weekend. Here's how to spot the fireballs of the Quadrantids meteor shower.
NASA says the Quadrantids are one of the best meteor showers. A bright moon may outshine some of the spectacle, but you can still see fireballs.
Tonight is the longest night of the year. You can use it to see a meteor shower and the historic Jupiter-Saturn 'double planet.'
Jupiter and Saturn haven't appeared this close in the night sky in nearly 800 years, and the conjunction comes during a meteor shower.
The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend, with hundreds of multicolored shooting stars. Here's how to watch.
A moonless night will let the Geminids shine as bits of space rock burn up in Earth's atmosphere and streak colorful trails across the sky.
The Orionids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's how to see shooting stars from the dust of Halley's Comet.
Halley's Comet left behind a trail of dust that Earth plows through each year, producing a display of shooting stars and, sometimes, fireballs.
The Perseid meteor shower, which NASA says is the best of the year, peaks Tuesday night. Here's how to catch it.
The Perseids meteor shower, considered the year's best, peaks Tuesday night. Here's how to watch the show.
The Quadrantids brings bright fireball meteors to the sky this weekend. Here's how to catch the first meteor shower of the decade.
Every year, our planet passes through cosmic detritus left over from an asteroid called EH1. For people on Earth, that means an epic meteor shower.
2020 will be a groundbreaking year in space. Here are the biggest upcoming rocket missions, meteor showers, eclipses, and more.
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The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend, with hundreds of multicolored shooting stars. Here's how to spot them.
Unlike most meteor showers, which come from comet dust, the Geminids are fragments of an asteroid. Earth passes through the cloud each December.
The Geminids meteor shower peaks this weekend. NASA's solar probe just spotted the giant trail of asteroid dust for the first time ever.
NASA released the Parker Solar Probe's early findings this month. It stumbled on the never-before-seen trail of asteroid dust that makes the Geminids.
The Leonids meteor shower sends bright green shooting stars across the sky early this week. Here's how to see them.
Sometimes the Leonids treat skywatchers to meteor storms, with thousands of shooting stars each hour. They glow green as their metals ignite.