The Lyrid meteor shower put on a spectacular show last night as Earth plunged through the debris stream cast off by comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), triggering a peak of activity that saw shooting stars ...

The Lyrid meteor shower peaks tonight (April 21). And, if you spot any Lyrid meteors, you have something cool in common with an astronaut! Yesterday (April 20), NASA astronaut Jessica Meir shared a ...

Beginning in July, stargazers can look forward to three meteor showers this summer, including the famed Perseids. Here's how ...

Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...

Pictures of the oldest meteor shower still visible on Earth today have been shared by the Lancashire Telegraph’s Camera Club. The Lyrid Meteor Show began on April 16 and continued until April 25, and ...

Across Earth, every night, thousands of automated stargazers are waiting to take pictures of shooting stars. I am one of the scientists who study these meteors. Most movies and news alerts focus on ...

On Monday night, people saw a meteor streak across the sky over Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, according to NASA Space Alerts on X. It was the second meteor sighting on Monday alone ...

(WJW) — A streaking fireball lit the stark, cold Tuesday morning sky and detonated with the force of 250 tons of TNT, rattling windows and alarming Northeast Ohioans. Bolide meteors — like the one ...

The frequency of fireballs in our planet’s skies seemed to grow in recent months. NASA and other meteor experts can’t agree on what explains it. By Robin George Andrews It seems as though stars have ...