We are fast approaching the peak of the Geminid meteor shower, but the days leading up to it ... dark sky, without any sources of competing illumination, such as city lights or the Moon.

The first meteor shower of the year is expected to light up the sky on Friday night, with stargazers in the UK to see up to 50 “shooting stars” an hour. The Quadrantid meteor shower ...

A telescope is not needed to see the Lyrid meteor showing in ... The Lyrids have been visible our sky since 13 April and peaked early on the morning of Thursday, with up to 20 meteors in an ...

The first meteor shower of the year is expected to light up the sky on Friday night, with stargazers in the UK to see up to 50 “shooting stars” an hour. The Quadrantid meteor shower, which returns ...

The night sky will put on ... from all directions. Meteor showers occur when particles of a dust trail left by a comet or an asteroid enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up. The asteroid Phaethon ...

One of the last of the year’s major meteor showers is expected to light up the night sky this weekend. The Geminid meteor shower, which returns every December, is expected to peak some time between ...