Tag: Meteor Shower

Geminid Meteor Asim Patel, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

Watch the Great Geminid Meteor Shower on Dec. 13-14

12/5/2022 - By farmersalmanac.com Bundle up and head outside to watch the December Geminids, considered the best of the annual meteor displays. Learn more about this active meteor shower coming to a backyard sky near you! If you enjoy seeing “shooting stars,” then get ready! A pre-Christmas celestial fireworks display known as… SEE MORE

The bright Perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year.

Tau Herculid Meteor Shower Will Happen Monday Night

5/29/2022 - By Doyle Rice. Sky watchers could be in for a memorable spectacle Monday night and early Tuesday morning as the Earth passes through debris from a disintegrating comet, leading to a potential meteor shower with thousands of shooting stars per hour. The meteor shower, known as the tau Herculids, could… SEE MORE

Catch the Best Shooting Stars of 2021

7/22/2021 - By Rachel Chang. Every year in August, the night sky grows even more wondrous when the Perseid meteor shower takes place. In fact, NASA considers the annual event "the best meteor shower of the year," since the fast and vibrant space rocks often leave long streaks of light and color behind. Though the meteor shower already… SEE MORE

Fall’s Best Meteor Shower to Peak Tuesday Night

10/19/2020 - By Brian Lada. One of the best meteor showers of autumn is set to peak in the coming nights, providing skywatchers a great opportunity to spot some shooting stars ahead of the long, but frigid, winter nights that are right around the corner. The annual Orionid meteor shower will reach… SEE MORE

How To Watch April’s Lyrid Meteor Shower From Home

4/21/2020 - By Katherine J. Wu. Even when our planet finds itself in trouble, Earthlings can count on the rest of the solar system to serve up solace. This month, that cosmic care package comes in the form of the Lyrid meteor shower—a dazzling display of debris left behind by a comet… SEE MORE

Perseid Meteor Shower 2019: When, Where & How to See It

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8/11/2019 - By Sarah Lewin. The bright Perseids are perhaps the most popular meteor shower of the year, but in 2019 they'll be washed out by a close-to-full moon during their peak. Spectators can expect to see just 10-15 Perseids per hour or maybe slightly more on the peak, which is the… SEE MORE