meteor showers

The Delta Aquariid meteor shower begins this week, bringing as many as 20 "shooting stars" per hour to the night sky. Here's why this year's shower offers ideal conditions for stargazers.

Up to 50 "shooting stars" per hour may be visible in moonless skies as the Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaks Saturday and Sunday (May 4 and 5). The annual shower is linked to debris from Halley's comet.

The comet-like asteroid Phaethon likely lobbed thousands of rocky fragments toward Earth while rapidly spinning around the sun 18,000 years ago, new research suggests ― and it may fling some more soon.

Up to 120 shooting stars per hour could be visible during a brief peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower — the year's first meteor shower, coming to North America Jan. 3 and 4.

Here's the science behind "shooting stars" and the best way to spot these meteors.

Every year, Earth briefly encounters the Quadrantid meteor shower in early January. Here's how to catch the show.

Here are some of the more noteworthy night sky events that will take place in 2022. So grab your binoculars or telescope.

Venus is Earth's twisted twin in so many ways, what about on the skywatching front?

Perseid meteors are already beginning to fall in a display that promises to dazzle skywatchers this month.