The Perseids result from Earth passing through debris — bits of ice and rock — left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle, which last ...

A planetary scientist from the United States has discovered a new meteor shower, presumably generated by an asteroid that is ...

A newly discovered meteor stream may be the smoking gun of an asteroid slowly disintegrating under the Sun’s intense heat.

Named Psyche like the asteroid it’s after, the robotic explorer will slingshot past the red planet at 12,333 mph (19,848 kph) ...

A NASA spacecraft chasing a rare metal asteroid swings past Mars this week for a gravity boost, snapping thousands of ...

Dante’s Inferno may have been far more than a religious epic. New research argues that the 14th-century poet essentially ...

Meteors are one of those things whose popular understanding is shaped more by myth than fact, in particular, they usually ...

Two meteor showers, the Southern delta Aquarids and the alpha Capricornids, will peak simultaneously from July 30-31. The Perseids, considered the best meteor shower of the year, will peak between ...

WASHINGTON — A meteor shower from Halley's Comet will light up the night skies with glowing trails overnight. The annual Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks on Tuesday May 5 into Wednesday May 6. The ...

The Eta Aquarids meteor shower will be active from April 19 to May 28, 2026. The shower will peak on the nights of May 5-6 as Earth passes through debris from Halley's Comet. Viewers in the Northern ...

Keep your eye on the sky if you’re up late Tuesday night or heading to work early Wednesday morning, and you might catch a glimpse of some shooting stars from one of the major meteor showers of the ...