Sunday, Jan. 4. The best viewing window will be after midnight, especially between about 3 a.m. and dawn, when the shower’s ...

One of the toughest yet most rewarding annual display of "shooting stars" peaks overnight on Jan. 3-4, 2026 — here’s how to ...

Quadrantid meteors enter the atmosphere at 25 miles per second (90,000 mph) leaving streaks of light and color across the sky ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower is active from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16, 2026, and will peak Jan. 3-4, 2026, though viewing will be ...

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

Ursid meteor shower peaks Dec. 21–22 as Earth passes through debris from Comet 8P/Tuttle. Here’s when and where to watch the ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower reaches its peak just after sunset on Jan. 3, but a nearly full moon could outshine the event ...

The best time to hunt for Ursid meteors is from the evening of Dec. 21 straight through to dawn on Dec. 22. The shower's peak ...

The Ursid Meteor Shower is a subtle but reliable annual celestial event that occurs each December around the winter solstice.

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

The final meteor shower of 2025 peaks overnight from Sunday, Dec. 21, into Monday, Dec. 22, according to National Geographic.