The full moon will light up our recent snow cover, making for some bright nights. We've got NASA tips on what else to look ...
While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from asteroid 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid that was ...
The New Year starts with a bang as Quandrantids peaks on Jan. 2 and 3. This is one of the largest meteor showers of the year, ...
Despite how you may feel about 2024, it was a great year for people into space things. Next year is shaping up to be a great ...
Meteor showers offer some of the most spectacular ... Unfortunately, the peak occurs just three days after a full moon, so moonlight may wash out fainter meteors. Still, the shower is so prolific ...
The waxing crescent moon will not interfere with the meteor shower. The radiant point of the Quadrantids is the now-obsolete constellation Quadrans Muralis, which is seen nowadays near the Big Dipper.
Another year of skywatching is upon us, and there's a lot to look forward to in 2025!
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 ...
starting with the Quadrantid meteor shower on Jan. 3. There will be two ‘blood moon’ lunar eclipses in 2025 Not to be foreboding but 2025 will have not one but two total lunar eclipses where ...
From there, you'll want to find the radiant -- also known as the point from which the meteor shower appears to originate -- and then keep your eyes pointed in that direction. The moon's light can ...