Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic spacecraft attempting to land on the moon. How ...

As someone who lives near the city, light pollution limits what I see when I look up at night. However, that doesn't mean I ...

There are many meteor showers ... month Every meteor shower has a progenitor Comet – the place where the debris cloud has come from. An example is Halley’s Comet which orbits the Sun every 76 years ...

This meteor shower is expected to peak on April 22, producing about 18 meteors per hour from the debris trail of comet Thatcher. The Perseids are expected to peak on August 12, with over 100 ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. February will also see a meteor shower unfold. The Alpha Centaurid meteor shower, also known as the α-Centaurids, is active from Jan ...

Astronomy enthusiasts hail! Planet parades to meteor showers, the list is set for all the rare and mesmerising sky watching days. Cue your Alexa to play ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ and sync your ...

The hours before dawn on Jan. 4 will be the best time to view the Quadrantids meteor shower, according to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. It said numerous fireballs should be ...

The galactic gods are blessing us with a slew of celestial events – we’ve had Mars in opposition, the Geminid meteor shower, and the Orionid meteor shower happening in the past few months.

However, they peak on different days so they're often listed as separate meteor showers. Orionids is a reasonably active meteor shower that happens mostly during October. It also has the ...

The Taurid meteor shower, consisting of the Southern Taurids ... According to NASA, Orionids for example, typically burn up at altitudes around 58 miles (93 km) whereas Taurids typically make ...

The Geminid meteor shower peaks overnight on Dec. 13 and Dec. 14. The Geminids are active between Nov. 19 to Dec. 24 each year. This year, the moon will not interfere too much with Geminid meteor ...