There are eight named meteor showers left in 2024, with at least one meteor shower being active at all times. That means you have the chance of seeing a shooting star on any given night between ...

Look to the stars this week — some may seem to be shooting across the sky. That’s due to the Draconid meteor shower, which peaks this week. The Draconid meteor shower is an annual event in ...

While the annual shower usually makes for a sleepy showing, it has been known to produce fantastic outbursts in the past Olatunji Osho-Williams Staff Contributor A Draconid meteor streaks across ...

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He had a passion for meteorites, a topic he would research until his death. Hodge-Smith had an interest in the study of gemmology and was, in part, responsible for the first gemmology courses ...

The Murchison meteorite landed in Murchison, Australia in 1969, only two months after the first man landed on the moon. Eyewitnesses saw the bright orange ball with a smoky blue trail passing ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks the night of Dec. 13-14. Our guide tells you where and how to see them. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Find out when you can catch the best meteor showers this year with our 2024 meteor shower calendar. The next meteor shower will be the Orionid meteor shower which is active from Sept. 26 to Nov ...

This week sees the beginning of an annual meteor shower called the Orionids, which is caused by the world’s most famous space rock — Halley’s comet. Sept. 26 sees the beginning of the ...

Credit: NASA/JPL/Arizona State University, R. Luk The vast majority of the roughly 60,000 meteorites that have been collected from Earth’s surface—mostly in desert locales such as Antarctica ...

Known as a carbonaceous meteor, these most commonly come from the outer solar system. C-type meteors are exceptionally old, and their makeups can help researchers learn more about the early ...

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — It’s a bird! It’s a plane! … Actually, it was a meteor! ValleyCentral reached out to some viewers after seeing photos and videos circulating online of an ...