While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from asteroid 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid that was ...

The Quadrantids are considered by NASA as one of the best annual meteor showers, though activity is often unseen because of ...

Here's a look at what's happening when, and how you can watch. The New Year kicks off with Quadrantids, which is finishing its peak this week, but runs until Jan. 16. After that, aside from the ...

The comet comes from the Oort Cloud, a remote region at the outer edge of the solar system that is believed to contain the ...

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 early January, and there’s still ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower is expected to reach maximum activity from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., EST on Friday with the best viewing in Alaska, Hawaii, and eastern Asia.

Stargazers could be treated to a host of bright fireballs and the sight of multiple meteors per hour whizzing across the night sky at more than 25 miles per second when the Quadrantids reach their ...

The Quadrantids are one of the strongest showers of the year, astronomers say. Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the first meteor shower of the year. The Quadrantids ...

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 best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours, when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of ...

But the Quadrantids "take their name from a constellation that doesn't exist anymore," said NASA's William Cooke. These meteors usually don't have long trains, but the heads may appear as bright ...