Heads up stargazers! The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks overnight on Nov. 4-5, when a flurry of bright meteors could ...

The Leonids once produced "one of the greatest meteor storms in living memory. Rates were as high as thousands of meteors per minute during a 15-minute span" on Nov. 17, 1966." ...

It’s a packed week for stargazers, as both the Beaver moon and the Taurid meteor shower are expected to peak later this week.

Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...

An autumn meteor shower yearly responsible for “Halloween fireballs” may pose a small impact threat to Earth. What is the ...

Of the three November meteor showers, Leonids should be the most active. It is fed by the Tempel-Tuttle Comet, which can produce some dense debris clouds, resulting in very strong showers. Leonids is ...

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are investigating ...

The Taurids will peak on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The meteor shower consists of the Southern Taurids and the Northern Taurids. The ...

If you have seen a bright light streak across the sky, you have likely seen a meteor. Meteors are rocks from space that hit Earth's atmosphere and are commonly referred to as falling stars or shooting ...

Some Minnesotans were treated to an astral spectacle late Wednesday night, as what appeared to be a meteor flashed across the ...

The shooting stars are a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, which the Earth hits every year. The meteors are also some of ...

Stargazers can expect to see around 20 meteors an hour during the peak of the Orionids. Learn more about October astronomy event.