Most meteor showers are seen after dark, but the Arietids offer a rare chance to spot shooting stars in the dawn sky.

The first meteor shower of the New Year always has the potential to be one of the year's best – but rarely rises to the occasion. Astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

After a more than three-month meteor shower drought, you can finally look to the skies again for a cosmic display. The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak, or reach its maximum activity, on ...

We've had good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon last month, the launch and splashdown of the Orion spacecraft, which carried humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 ...

The Geminids meteor shower, one of the year's most reliable, will peak soon. Viewing conditions for the Geminids will be favorable this year due to minimal moonlight. A smaller meteor shower, the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. When is the Geminid meteor shower? The most prolific and ...

Avid sky-gazers spend all year anticipating the peak of the annual Geminid meteor shower. Now, it’s finally here. This weekend, dozens of meteors, including some especially brilliant ones called ...

It’s time again to check the skies for some astronomical events.Related video above: Crescent moon sets behind Statue of Liberty in New YorkMay of this year is jam-packed with moons and meteors to ...

It’s time again to check the skies for some astronomical events. Related video above: Crescent moon sets behind Statue of Liberty in New York May of this year is jam-packed with moons and meteors to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...