The Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight, heralding a spectacular natural light show as a flurry of meteors streak through the moonlit October skies. Draconid meteors can be seen each year as Earth ...

The Orionid is known as the most beautiful meteor shower of the year and will soon cause dozens of shooting stars to dart across the California night sky as it reaches its ...

The Orionid meteor shower has arrived! Look up on the nights between Oct. 2 to Nov. 12 to see tiny shards of Halley's comet strike Earth's atmosphere to create spectacular shooting stars and fireballs ...

The lights are expected to be exceptionally vivid this fall into winter; visit these aurora getaways to spot them. This is all on top of myriad other interstellar marvels on the horizon, including ...

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October features two meteors showers, and the first is about to light up the autumn sky. The annual Draconid meteor shower is ramping up and is expected to peak on the night of Wednesday, Oct. 8. It ...

LOGAN — Shortly after first light on Feb. 15, 2013, a meteor blazed across the western Siberian sky before exploding with an estimated blast yield of up to 500 kilotons of TNT — far more powerful than ...