Meteor Showers
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…
Observing Alert: Rare Meteor Shower May ‘Outburst’ on June 11
Back on June 11, 1930 three members of the American Meteor Society (AMS) in Maryland saw a half-hour-long bright outburst of meteors…
June Arietids – The Invisible Meteor Shower You Just Might See
I've never seen an Arietid meteor and chances are you haven't either. Peaking on June 7-8, the Arietid (AIR-ee-uh-tid) meteor shower is…
Watch for the Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower this Weekend
An often ignored meteor shower may offer fine prospects for viewing this weekend. The Eta Aquarid meteors provide a dependable…
More Incredible Geminid Meteor Shower Images and Video
"This shot is a composite of about 700 frames from a time-lapse I took in Big Sur, CA. I found…
Incredible Sky Show: Geminid Meteor Shower Images from Around the World
Geminids at Gates Pass. Composite image from 30 frames of video. Credit: Sean Parker The 2012 Geminid Meteor Shower has…
Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Winter Milky Way Geminids on December 12, 2012. Credit: John Chumack The Geminid Meteor Shower is underway, with the peak…
Geminid Meteor Shower and Meteorwatch
The Geminid Meteor Shower is the grand finale of astronomical events in 2012 and is usually the most reliable and…
Brighter Than the Moon: Camera Captures Brilliant Leonid Fireball
The Leonid Meteor shower is usually notorious for the bright fireballs it can produce, but this fireball exploded with unexpected…
Astrophotos: The 2012 Perseid Meteor Shower from Around the World
Caption: Perseid Meteors with Lunar & Planetary Conjunction on August 12, 2012. Credit: John Chumack. Here's some great views of…