Meteor Showers
2016 Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks May 5-6
If you notice a rise in meteors before dawn now through the weekend, you're not imagining things. It's the annual…
NASA Says Indian Event Was Not Meteorite
On Feb. 6th a bus driver in India was reportedly struck and killed by a falling meteorite. Did this really…
The 2015 Geminids: Observing, History, Imaging, Prognostications and More
A grand finale meteor shower graces the skies of the Earth this weekend, as the December Geminid meteors reach their…
Viewing Guide to the 2015 Geminid Meteor Shower
2015 looks like a fantastic year for the Geminids. With the Moon just 3 days past new and setting at the end…
Hunting Unicorns: Is an Alpha Monocerotid Outburst Due in 2015?
What's rarer than a unicorn? Perhaps, its spying a a elusive meteor outburst from the heart of one... Ready for…
‘Explody’ Taurid Meteors Produce Persistent Trains
“The landscape was just at the verge of trying to silently explode with vibrant colors of red, gold and oranges,”…
MESSENGER Spies a Meteor Shower… on Mercury
Leonid meteor storms. Taurid meteor swarms. Earth is no stranger to meteor showers, that’s for sure. Now, it turns out…
From a Roar to a Purr: Prospects for the 2015 November Leonid Meteors
A November rain hails from the Sickle of the Lion. Hot on the heels of the October Orionids and the…
A Halloween Season ‘Taurid Meteor Swarm’ on Tap for 2015?
Asteroid 2015 TB145 isn’t the only cosmic visitor paying our planet a trick-or-treat visit over the coming week. With any…
Gallery: 2015 Perseids Are Putting on a Show
Have you been looking up the past few nights, trying to see the Perseid Meteor Shower? Many of our readers…