The meteor shower is expected to peak from Aug. 12-13, although moonlight will impact meteor visibility. The moon will be 84% full during the peak. NASA says the best time to view the Perseids is ...

After witnessing a string of fireballs streak across the sky in North America in 1860, the landscape painter rendered the ...

According to NASA, the Perseids is considered the best meteor shower of the year, largely due to the long streaks of color they leave as they head through our atmosphere, as well as their sheer ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

3I/ATLAS, also known as C/2025 N1, is a comet from interstellar space, meaning it originated in another star system and entered our solar system on a one-time flyby. It was first spotted by the ATLAS ...

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Lyrid meteors to light up night sky over Michigan. How to watch the show This composite image of 28 separate photographs shows stars and ...

The best time to catch meteors on National Meteor Watch Day is between midnight and dawn, when the sky is darkest and your chances of spotting those brief flashes are higher.

Meteor craters are incredible reminders of the powerful forces of nature and the history of our planet. These massive impact sites are created when asteroids or comets collide with Earth, leaving ...

New simulations have narrowed down where the newly discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS likely came from, revealing it ...

When Apollo astronauts stumbled across shimmering orange beads on the moon, they had no idea they were gazing at ancient relics of violent volcanic activity. These glass spheres, tiny yet ...

The physics and astronomy of meteors, comets and meteorites [by] Gerald S. Hawkins Smithsonian Libraries and Archives ...