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Halley’s comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids. When this meteor shower lights up the night sky, ...

The annual alpha Capricornids, the Southern delta Aquariids and the Perseid meteor showers are all currently active and this week is your best bet to catch all three in their stargazing glory. The ...

The Perseids meteor shower begins this week and is expected to offer one of the best shows in the sky of 2025. The event is considered the best meteor shower of the year, according to NASA, and is ...

There's a series of celestial events happening this month, so mark your calendars Getty Forget the rain — April has its own set of meteor showers lighting up the heavens! This month is often ...

The popular Perseid meteor shower will peak soon, but backyard astronomers may not be able to see as many shooting stars as they usually do. Not to worry, though, because six more meteor showers will ...

Gather round and gaze up, cosmic kids, the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight. In previous years, the Perseid shower has produced as many as 40-50 visible meteors per hour at its peak.

The Perseid meteor shower is starting, and backyard astronomers will soon be able to catch a glimpse of the annual event. The meteor shower starts on Thursday, July 17, and ends Saturday, August 23, ...

The Perseids meteor shower will kick off Thursday night with shooting stars and zooming fireballs expected to light up the sky through August. Here's when it peaks and where to watch. The Perseids ...

It’s finally time to watch one of the best meteor showers of the year: the brilliant display known as the Perseids. The Perseid meteor shower, which is known for producing dozens of bright meteors ...

While meteor showers happen all year, a rarer occurrence is having two meteor showers that peak at the same time. It'll happen this week, on Tuesday. The shooting star show comes courtesy of the Alpha ...