Meteor Showers

Easiest Guide Ever to Watching the Perseid Meteor Shower

Caption: A bright fireball meteor on August 1, 2012. Credit: John Chumack. This will probably be the most simple and…

12 years ago

NASA Provides Live All-Sky Video Feed for Quadrantid Meteor Shower

[/caption] If you are hoping to see some meteors from the Quadrantid meteor shower but are being foiled by cloudy…

13 years ago

Did The Draconids Perform?

[/caption] After weeks of speculation of its intensity, the Draconid/Giacobond meteor shower finally arrived. Some astronomers predicted that this normally…

13 years ago

Meteors Sound Like Aliens!

A space radar picked up the sounds of a meteor shower as it delighted skywatchers over the weekend. What do…

13 years ago

Your Perseid Images from Around — and Above — the World!

[/caption] We made a wish that our readers would send in their images of the Perseid Meteor Shower, and it…

13 years ago

Enjoy the Perseid Meteor Shower Even if it’s Cloudy

[/caption] Oh no! You have planned to go out and watch the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower this weekend,…

13 years ago

How To Enjoy The 2011 Perseid Meteor Shower

[/caption] It’s time for the Perseid Meteor Shower and you want to bag some meteors (shooting stars), but how? Maybe…

13 years ago

The Perseids: Why is There a Meteor Shower?

[/caption] Every year from late July to mid-August, the Earth encounters a trail of debris left behind from the tail…

13 years ago

April’s Shooting Stars

[/caption] April showers? Yes! The 16th to the 26th this month brings us the April Lyrid Meteor Shower, with the…

14 years ago

Get Ready for the Geminids — In the Sky and Online!

[/caption] One of the best night sky events of the year is on tap: The Geminid Meteor shower. According to…

14 years ago