The Kappa Cygnids meteor shower is set to peak on Aug. 17, while Alpha Aurigids starts its peak on Aug. 31. The first shower will come courtesy of Kappa Cygnids, a meteor shower that started on ...

But it’s not warfare or any other man-made horror that created the bang: instead, it is thought to be a meteor exploding as it hits the planet’s atmosphere. Astronaut Matthew Dominick has been ...

Fireworks, but make it totally silent and all-natural. That’s my kind of light show, and the Perseid Meteor Shower—the most popular meteor shower of the year—peaks this weekend, August 11-13.

Sep. 11, 2024 — Astronomers have achieved a major breakthrough in solar physics by successfully producing detailed maps of the Sun's coronal magnetic fields. This milestone promises to enhance ...

ACT Meteors is an Australian women’s domestic cricket team participating in the annual 50-over competition called the Women’s National Cricket League. ACT stands for Australian Capital Territory.

An unexpected, intense solar storm has happened right as the year’s most prolific and predictable meteor shower peaks, has amateur sky watchers itching for an encore celestial show Monday night.

A bright meteor darted across the sky Thursday night around 9:45 p.m. A bright meteor darted across the sky Thursday night around 9:45 p.m. A bright meteor darted across the sky Thursday night ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower is coming soon. As many as 50 “shooting stars” per hour are expected to streak ...

AND THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHAT THIS WAS INITIALLY LIKE. SOME THOUGHT IT WAS A CONTRAIL, BUT NASA METEOR WATCH ACTUALLY CHIMED IN AND SAID NO, THIS WAS A FIREBALL METEOR. THEY CAUGHT IT ON ...

With the annual Perseids meteor shower just around the corner, as well as a handful of planetary conjunctions, there's a lot to see up in the night sky in August. When and Where Can I See the ...

Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. The Perseid meteor shower is the most anticipated light show of the year. And while the Perseids have ...

An international team of 45 researchers studying meteor showers has found that not all comets crumble the same way when they approach the sun. In a paper published in the journal Icarus ...