The heat then vaporizes most meteors, resulting in bright streaks of light across the sky, or shooting stars. Dust and particles perpetually bombard Earth from all directions occasionally ...

From now until June 17, you might be able to spot the Arietid meteor shower during the early morning hours right before dawn, ...

The shower will be active from June 22 - July 2. The peak of this meteor shower will occur overnight from June 26-27, ...

The best viewing time is around 2 a.m. Here's how, where, and when to experience these 'shooting star' shows and make the most of 2025's meteor shower season. The Quadrantid meteor shower is one ...

When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring's first chance to see shooting stars. The Lyrids have surprised skygazers in the past with as many as 100 meteors per hour ...

The best time to see shooting stars is after midnight since that’s when you are on the night side of Earth as it travels head-on through the meteor stream cloud. You should expect to see around ...

The Perseids, one of the year's most prolific meteor showers, peaked this week, raining dozens of "shooting stars" per hour through Earth's skies. Some lucky stargazers caught a double feature of ...

Want to see a meteor shower next week? They come around every year like clockwork and that means planning shooting star trips can be done months in advance. Here's a look at the next one ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower will be peaking this week, producing bright shooting stars. Future Publishing via Getty Images While the meteor shower typically falls around the same time each year ...

Commonly called shooting stars, meteors are streaks of light in the sky that are created when meteoroids — fragments of asteroids or comets — come into contact with Earth’s atmosphere.