The New Year starts with a bang as Quandrantids peaks on Jan. 2 and 3. This is one of the largest meteor showers of the year, ...

One Alabama woman was rudely awoken from a nap in 1954 when a meteorite came through her roof and hit her, leaving a big ...

NASA said it’s possible this asteroid is ... If you miss the meteor shower, you’ll have to wait a few months to view shooting stars. The next meteor shower, the Lyrids, will peak on April ...

The peak is a shorter timeframe than most other meteor showers, which usually have a two-day peak, according to NASA. The Quadrantids peak only for about six hours due to Earth crossing the shower ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower is happening now and its peak, when it can produce up to 200 shooting stars an hour ... See what it is According to NASA, meteors are bits of comets and broken ...

It's a shooting star! The New Year's night sky is still ablaze ... became active on Dec. 28 and lasts through early January. NASA considers the Quadrantids "one of the best" annual meteor showers.

Your eyes will be better adapted to spot shooting stars if you aren’t checking your ... that doesn’t exist anymore,” said NASA's William Cooke. These meteors usually don't have long trains ...

It is a long-obsolete star pattern, invented in 1795 by J.J. Lalande ... In fact, in 2003, astronomer Peter Jenniskens of NASA, found a near-Earth asteroid (2003 EH1) that seemed like it was ...