
Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower – May 2025
Quick Facts If you live in the Southern Hemisphere you may feel left out because most meteor showers are more favorably placed for northerners. But the Eta Aquariids are for […]
Quick Facts If you live in the Southern Hemisphere you may feel left out because most meteor showers are more favorably placed for northerners. But the Eta Aquariids are for […]
Preview in new tab Quick Facts After a drought of more than 3.5 months, the second meteor shower of the year is finally here. Nights have gotten shorter, but not […]
Imagine this: you’re sitting by a dying campfire, listening to the sound of distant coyotes and nearby crickets. The stars stretch above your head, moving at a slow and steady […]
Just 3 days into the new year is the first astronomical event. The Quadrantids are one of those meteor showers that’s either really good or really bad. It has the […]
Quick Facts The Leonids are one of the most fascinating meteor showers because of their history. Some of the most prolific meteor storms on record have been Leonids. The astronomically […]
Quick Facts With the low number of meteors, you might think the Taurid Meteor Shower is not worth making an effort to see. But you’d be wrong. What these meteors […]
Quick Facts The Orionids are one of those meteor showers that is highly variable. Some years it’s a dud and other years it outperforms. At times the peak is later […]
Quick Facts The Draconids are an oddity among meteor showers, for several reasons. This is one of the few that is best viewed in the evening, instead of the early […]
2023 Geminids deep in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana Quick Facts The Geminid meteor shower is consistently the best one of the year. With a zenithal hourly rate (ZHR) of […]