The shooting star show is known for bright fireballs—explosions of light and color that can persist longer than an average ...

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

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 ...

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 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 ...

The Quadrantids, one of the “strongest” displays of the year, are expected to peak Thursday night through early Friday morning, according to the American Meteor Society (AMS). Peak activity is ...

The annual Quadrantids meteor shower is hitting peak visibility, with around 25 meteors per hour, one expert says. Southern Californians’ best viewing time should be Friday night heading into ...

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 ...

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 ...