The first meteor shower of the New Year always has the potential to be one of the year's best – but rarely rises to the occasion. Astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

The skies have been rather eye-catching recently — no pun intended! Fireballs have been spotted across the country. Whether streaking through a dark sky or in broad daylight, they’ve truly been ...

Dec. 26 (UPI) --The annual Quadrantid meteor shower will be visible as Earth passes through the icy debris and dust from Dec. 28 to Jan. 12, with up to 120 meteors per hour. The blue meteors with fine ...

Smaller bodies of rock, metal, ice, and dust can be found scattered throughout space. These objects travel on their own courses, sometimes silently beyond Jupiter and occasionally quite close to Earth ...

A meteor that hit a Russian city Friday has sparked conversation among astronomy experts in Southwest Ohio. Bob Connell, president of the Miami Valley Astronomical Society, said it's nearly impossible ...

People across the United States have been treated to a visual feast of shooting stars streaking through the sky in recent months, as the number of visible meteors has increased amid peak "fireball ...

Avid sky-gazers spend all year anticipating the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Now, it's finally here. This weekend, dozens of meteors, including some especially brilliant ones called ...

The Lyrids meteor shower is underway and will soon peak. The meteor shower is known to produce around 10 to 20 meteors, or shooting stars, for the three nights around its peak, when stargazers will be ...

Unlike most meteor showers, the Quadrantids originate from an asteroid rather than a comet. The shower's peak activity only lasts a few hours, making it more difficult to spot than other showers. In ...