The α-Capricornids and the Southern δ-Aquariids will light up the night of July 30th-31st with a combined total of 30 shooting stars per hour.

The night sky takes center stage as National Meteor Watch Day begins, and stargazers look up for a chance to witness nature’s ...

The Lyrid meteor shower NASA The new year has opened with a stunning astronomical event: the Quadrantids meteor shower, one of the finest meteor showers of all. The shower is visible throughout ...

The Quadrantids, which NASA considers "one of the best" annual meteor showers, is active from Dec. 28 through Jan. 16, 2025 Skyler Caruso is a Writer and Reporter of PEOPLE Digital Entertainment ...

The annual Quadrantids meteor shower is hitting peak visibility for Southern California on Friday night heading into Saturday morning, from roughly midnight to 5:30 a.m., possibly 6 a.m.

The Quadrantids are a yearly meteor shower which, unlike most meteor showers that originate from comets, originate from an asteroid: asteroid 2003 EHi. "It’s believed to be a dormant or extinct ...

Unlike most meteor showers, which originate from icy comets, the Quadrantids are linked to an asteroid, 2003 EH1, which orbits the sun every 5.5 years. A second source, Comet 96P/Machholz, is also ...

Meteors during the Quadrantids travel at about 25 miles per second, and its peak is shorter than other annual meteor showers because of the Earth’s trajectory with the shower, according to NASA.

After the Quadrantids, there is a bit of a lull in meteor shower activity, and the next one won’t occur until April. Here are the remaining showers to anticipate and their peak dates in 2025.