With a nickname like Big Sky country, it's no surprise Montana is the ultimate destination for this year's celestial events, ...

The first meteor shower of the year is expected to light up the sky on Friday night, with stargazers in the UK to see up to 50 “shooting stars” an hour. The Quadrantid meteor shower ...

The annual Quadrantid meteor shower will return to the night sky on December 26 and will be at its most active as 2025 kicks off, according to the American Meteor Society. The Quadrantids will ...

and sometimes special events like meteor showers. Observing the night sky can be done with no special equipment, although a sky map can be very useful, and a good telescope or binoculars will ...

he specializes in astronomical "Skyscapes" that connect both Earth and the night sky. This image of the Geminid meteor shower is the result of a fair amount of work consisting of aligning stars ...

Most meteor showers are named for the constellations where they appear to originate from in the night sky. But the Quadrantids "take their name from a constellation that doesn't exist anymore ...