From now until June 17, you might be able to spot the Arietid meteor shower during the early morning hours right before dawn, ...

The way comets behave in space may seem random, but new research suggests there’s more order behind the chaos than once ...

trains and smoke trails. A train, as defined by the American Meteor Society, is a shining trail of ionized and excited air molecules left behind after the meteor passes, typically lasting a few ...

Thus, an object the size of a pea or pebble can create a very substantial meteor trail. Ultimately, Schiaparelli was proven correct: Comet Swift-Tuttle is indeed the progenitor of the Perseid ...

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through dusty debris trails left by comets and other space objects as they orbit the sun. The debris – space rocks known as meteoroids – collides with ...

Meteor showers — and the occasional greater outburst of a storm — occur thanks to comets orbiting the sun and leaving a trail of cosmic particles in their wake. The Lyrid meteors occur because ...

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower peaks in May of each year, per NASA. These meteors are specifically known for their speed, and Eta Aquariid meteors can travel about 40.7 miles (65.4 kilometers) per ...

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong ...

Streams of light and color will travel across the sky while explosions of fireballs linger, leaving behind even brighter streaks than the meteor trails from the Perseids passing through the ...

This composite image of 28 separate photographs shows stars and meteor trails in the night sky above the Battle of Didgori memorial complex during the Lyrid meteor shower in Didgori in the country ...

The Lyrid meteor shower, formed from leftover particles from comet Thatcher, becomes visible to us here on Earth like clockwork every April as our planet passes through the debris trail.

Leonids often has fast, bright meteors that leave a trail, which may be the only way to differentiate a Leonids meteor from the other three showers. Geminids is one of the biggest meteor showers ...