The yearly Geminid meteor shower began Tuesday night and will send ... "Its orbit is very eccentric, going between 21 million and 360 million kilometers [13 million and 224 million miles] distance ...

When the Leonids fly across the sky, stargazers know that the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is nearby. Every year, the iconic ...

Although the Leonids are one of the most famous of all the annual meteor displays we certainly would not advertise them as a ...

Every year, the iconic meteor shower offers a spectacular show… and experts say this weekend is going to be particularly ... as Leonid meteors seem to rain down from the Sickle asterism of ...

One of the best and most reliable annual meteor showers has arrived just in time for end of the year celebrations. Dr Minjae ...

The Southern Taurids meteor ... these showers," Dr. Shannon Schmoll, the director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State University, told CNN, adding that people should "try to go outside when ...

The November supermoon will still be almost full when the Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend WASHINGTON -- It's a treat to see a supermoon. But that bright glowing orb will still be almost ...

When the dust from Comet Encke hits the Earth's atmosphere at 65,000 mph, it burns up and creates the Taurid meteor shower, according to NASA. This 2014 image provided by NASA shows a Taurid ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The Geminid meteor shower is peaking this weekend and will be visible on December 13. Meteor showers are nature's nocturnal entertainment. During large showers ...