Their name comes from the way they seem to radiate from the constellation Taurus, the Bull, which sits low in the east a couple of hours after sundown and is almost directly overhead by around 1: ...

The only meteor shower produced by an asteroid rather than a comet, the Geminids are not only the most numerous but the most colorful, too, with white, yellow and even green "shooting stars" possible.

It's time to look up at the night sky again as you'll have several days to witness a display of bright and colorful shooting stars and fireballs. The annual Taurid meteor shower, which typically ...

It's not the most powerful shower of the year, yielding only about 10 shooting stars each hour, but in 2024, it peaks just hours after the northern hemisphere's winter solstice on Saturday ...