The Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 is active between April 19 and May 28 and this year peaks overnight May 5-6. The best time ...

Throughout history, humans have been fascinated by falling stars, fleeting arcs of light streaking across the night sky. In some cultures, shooting stars were believed to be the souls of the recently ...

The Perseids meteor shower peaks August 12–13, with the best viewing between midnight and 3 a.m. An 84% full Moon will reduce visibility, making faint meteors harder to see. Viewers may still catch 10 ...

Meteoroid streams are coherent groups of debris originating primarily from cometary or asteroidal fragmentation, which travel through the Solar System along similar orbital paths. As Earth intersects ...

The much-anticipated Perseid meteor shower, one of nature's most dazzling sky shows, is set to peak Tuesday night into early Wednesday morning, lighting up skies across the Northern Hemisphere. "The ...

Every summer, the Earth passes through a cloud of space debris that brings a meteor shower, and this summer is no different. The Perseid Meteor Shower comes around in mid-summer every year is back ...

(CNN) — The first branch of the Taurid meteor showers is set to peak this weekend, presenting an enticing opportunity for patient sky-gazers. Southern Taurid meteors have been blazing bright across ...

A strange glow in the night sky, known as the "zodiacal light," is formed differently from how scientists first thought. This bizarre glow is caused by minuscule particles of dust named meteoroids ...

The planet Mercury is being pelted regularly by bits of dust from an ancient comet, a new study has concluded. This has a discernible effect in the planet’s tenuous atmosphere and may lead to a new ...