Set your alarm for the darkest hour before sunrise this week. The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, one of the fastest and most ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation to ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will soon light the sky with debris from Halley’s comet. But a bright moon will spoil the fun this year, making the display harder to ...

Space lovers and skywatchers have much to look forward to this month, with a plethora of activity already occurring in April. Beginning on April 21 and 22, the annual Lyrid meteor shower will occur ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS – A bright fireball meteor lit up the night sky and streaked past the St. Louis region Wednesday evening with locals reporting multiple sightings. According to the International Meteor ...

The Lyrid meteor shower of 2026 will peak tonight with shooting stars and zooming fireballs lighting up the April sky. Here's when, where and what time to watch the Lyrids and the upcoming Eta ...

Meteorites preserve fragments of the earliest solid materials that formed around the young Sun. The Solar System began as a cloud of dust and gas called the solar nebula — the Sun formed at the centre ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, which began last week, is expected to peak tonight, April 21 to April 22. These meteors are best seen from the Northern Hemisphere after the moon sets and before dawn.

The peak of pollen season brings to the sky something less painful—the Lyrids, or the first wave of shooting stars in spring. These meteorites will peak later today and stay visible until April 26.

The Lyrids meteor shower will be active from April 14 to April 30, 2026. Peak activity for the Lyrids will occur between April 21 and April 22. Viewers can expect to see 10-20 meteors per hour during ...

Iowans might spot the northern lights this week. On Tuesday, April 21, northern U.S. states could get the chance to see the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, according to the ...