The Perseids peak on August 12–13, 2025, but a bright, waning gibbous moon will obscure many meteors. Only the brightest ...

When you think of meteor showers, you may think of the impressive Perseids in August. But April has a falling star display of ...

The Leonids is a typical meteor shower most years, on pace with others such as the Lyrids and Orionids with around 15 shooting stars per hour. That is once again the case in 2025, but history has ...

Perseids 2024 - when and where to watch? The Perseids appear in the skies above us from July 17 to August 24. However, their peak occurs during the night of August 12 to August 13. We can expect ...

The Perseids, known for their fireballs, is expected to shoot approximately 50 to 100 meteors per hour Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment. She joined PEOPLE in ...

Summer is quickly passing by — but not without the ultimate meteor shower event! The 2021 Perseids Meteor Shower, which is considered to be the best meteor shower of the year, is expected to ...

Fast-moving and bright meteors are marks of the spring's annual Lyrid meteor shower. A few of them could be the ultra-bright ...

The fact that these two planets’ orbital periods are whole number multiples of the Perseids’s ‘year’ is extremely rare, but we know of other instances of orbital resonance in the solar system.

The Perseids are rocks and debris from a comet as it orbits annually around the sun. These tiny specks burn up, sometimes in bright colors depending on their mineral content when they hit Earth ...

“Though not as fast or as plentiful as the famous Perseids in August, Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour.” That 100-per-hour count happens during years when ...