The first big sky show of 2026 is about to arrive, with an early January meteor display poised to send fast, bright streaks across the night. The Quadrantid shower, famous for its brief but intense ...

There are still tons of mysteries in the universe, and the Bootids meteor shower is one of them. The upcoming meteor shower occurs during the last week of June and the first few days of July, and it ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year always has the potential to be one of the year's best – but rarely rises to the occasion. Astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. As many as 120 “shooting stars” per hour may be visible ...

WASHINGTON — The cosmic calendar for 2026 is stacked with meteor showers and even some eclipses. The lineup begins in January with the annual Quadrantid meteor shower peaking on Jan. 2 and Jan. 3.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've had good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon last month, the launch and splashdown of the Orion spacecraft ...

The first half of 2026 had a lot for skywatchers. And the second half of the year isn't going to be too different either.

Within the first five months of 2026, stargazers have been treated to three dazzling meteor showers that sent "shooting stars" streaking across the night sky. The peak of the third major meteor shower ...

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We've had good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon last month, the launch and splashdown of the Orion spacecraft, which carried humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 ...