When you look up at the night sky and spot a bright streak of light racing across it, you’re witnessing one of nature’s most mesmerising events — a meteor, often called a “shooting star.” Despite the ...

The strongest meteor shower of the year is expected to peak this week, bringing bright, long streaks of light across the ...

Exactly 150 summers ago, stargazers were admiring a beautiful new comet. Discovered in mid-July 1862 by Americans Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle, the new object became favorably positioned high in the ...

A FOX6 tower camera captured an apparent meteor over Milwaukee on Wednesday. A meteor is a streak of light that appears in the sky when a small piece of space debris, often called a meteoroid, enters ...

The Geminid and Quadrantid meteor showers are among the most anticipated celestial events for skywatchers and astronomers as Earth passes through streams of space debris that create bright “shooting ...

The Geminid meteor shower, characterized by bright, slow-moving meteors, is distinct as its parent body is identified as the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, unlike most meteor showers which originate from ...

NORFOLK, Va. — On the night of August 12 into August 13, the Perseid Meteor Shower peaks. This particular meteor shower is popular because of how many shooting stars one could see, with up to 100 ...

Every winter in late December, kids (and adults) everywhere look up for a special delivery of gifts from the sky. We’re talking, of course, about the Quadrantids meteor shower. The Quadrantids run ...