Meteor Showers
Here Comes the Weekend Leonid Meteor Shower!
November 2013 offers a chance to catch a dependable meteor shower, albeit on an off year. The Leonid meteors are…
Incredible Footage Shows a Perseid Meteor Exploding
Personally, I've never seen anything like this, and photographer and digital artist Michael K. Chung said he couldn't believe what…
Two Beautiful Timelapse Videos of the 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower
We're still swooning over the great images and videos coming in from this year's Perseid Meteor Shower. Here are a…
Perseid Meteor Shower 2013: Images from Around the World
The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks tonight, but already astrophotographers have been out, enjoying the view of a little cosmic rain.…
The 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower: An Observer’s Guide
Get set for the meteoritic grand finale of summer. Northern hemisphere summer that is. As we head into August, our…
Astrophotos: Views of the Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
Did those of you in the northern hemisphere have a chance to look for the Delta Aquarid meteors? Ever-faithful astronomer…
Watch for the Delta Aquarid Meteors This Weekend
The meteor shower drought ends this weekend. The northern summer hemisphere meteor season is almost upon us. In a few…
Russian Meteorite Bits Will Be Used In Some 2014 Olympic Medals
Going for gold in the Sochi Winter Olympics could earn athletes some out-of-this-world rocks. Athletes who top the podium on…
Space Debris: A Tale of Two Satellites
It’s sometimes tough being a satellite in Earth orbit these days. An interesting commentary came our way recently via NASA’s…
Remembering the Great Meteor Procession of 1860
“Year of meteors! Brooding year!” -Walt Whitman July 20th is a red letter date in space history. Apollo 11, the…