Zipping toward Earth at around 20,000 miles per hour, the asteroid is due to make its closest approach on Tuesday.

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

The Perseverance rover has been exploring the Jezero Crater for years, and it's finally found a potential meteorite, now ...

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

NASA captured multiple meteor showers happening at once in August 2015 from a station in Huntsville, Ala. Two of them are the Southern Delta Aquariid and the Alpha Capricornid. (NASA) Two meteor ...

This year, full moon might interfere with the view, but if you can brave the cold, the meteor shower is expected to be one of ...

The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be visible as Earth passes through the icy debris and dust from Dec. 28 to Jan. 12, with up ...

GATEWAY, Ark. — Did you catch a flash of light across the northern Arkansas sky Saturday night? If so, you weren’t imagining things. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) reported ...

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

Cameras across Michigan and several other states captured a meteor in the sky early Sunday morning, according to NASA. According to Bill Cooke, the lead of NASA's Meteor Environments Office at the ...

Dr. Peter Jenniskens taking a closer look at the image from the AVS Cineflex HiDEF camera mounted on the nose of the Eureka Airship. Mike Coop, can be seen in the background checking the map, further ...