One of the shortest yet most dramatic meteor showers of the year, the Quadrantids, is expected to light up the sky this week.

December is a busy month between the holiday season, the winter solstice and the occasional aurora borealis. It also hosts one of the best meteor showers of the year, with the Geminids. This often ...

As the American Meteor Society notes, Quadrantids has a short but active peak, lasting around 6 hours. The peak is expected ...

Meteors from the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor. Only skywatchers in the ...

The Geminids tend to be the strongest meteor shower of the year. It is also the one major shower that provides good activity ...

December is a busy month for the night skies, what with the winter solstice and the occasional aurora borealis. It also hosts one of the best meteor showers of the year: the Geminids. This often ...

Whether it's the Perseids meteor shower in August or the Leonids in November, meteor showers are one of those light shows we can always count on year after year. And that regularity has everything to ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaked overnight on Dec. 13-14, with the best viewing between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. under moonless skies across the Northern Hemisphere.

Three years after making a visit on Halloween, an unusually-shaped asteroid is returning for another flyby. According to NASA, the asteroid, dubbed "2015 TB145," is most likely a dormant comet that ...