Browsing: shooting stars
Each month, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the weeks ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in…
ToplineOvernight on Monday, Aug. 12, through Tuesday, Aug. 13, sees the annual peak of the Perseid meteor shower, when up…
ToplineThe two brightest planets to the naked eye, Venus and Jupiter, will pass to within a degree of each other…
When is the Perseid meteor shower? Happening right now — and peaking this week — the fastest and brightest meteor…
The Perseid meteor shower, the most popular “shooting star” display of the year, will be far from its best because…
Two meteor showers peak on the night of July 29 and into the early hours of July 30., making it…
The annual Perseid meteor shower is a highlight of the astronomical calendar. Its peak is still a few weeks away,…
The Perseid meteor shower in 2025 will begin in perfect conditions — but it won’t last. The much loved annual…
The first meteors from two overlapping showers — the Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids — will begin streaking across…
The closest meteor shower to the winter holiday season, the Ursids, comes hot on the heels of the Geminid meteor…