The Delta Aurigids 2025 will make for a challenging skywatching event, here's why.
The Draconid meteor shower peaks on Oct. 8, as a waning gibbous moon graces the night sky.
This quiz will take you on a journey through fiery facts, explosive history, and the science behind these fireballs.
This skywatching quiz will test your meteor shower mastery — from fiery streaks to cosmic origins.
Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere.
A cadre of iron-rich extraterrestrial particles picked up faint whiffs of our planet's atmosphere when they fell to Earth millions of years ago.
The shooting stars appear to emanate from a patch of space in the constellation Perseus.
A fireball exploded into life in the skies above Japan on Aug. 19, briefly turning night to day before fragmenting close to the horizon.
The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaked Aug. 12-13, delighting skywatchers worldwide.
The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday (Aug. 12), and you can enjoy the event live online with the Virtual Telescope Project's webcast.