It’s rounding out those festivities with the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025. Bright fireballs from the shower, which is one of the few to be caused by debris from an asteroid ...

As the end of the year draws close, skywatchers in the Northern Hemisphere are being treated to one of the most active meteor showers in the celestial calendar: the Quadrantid meteor shower.

At greatest activity, 60 to 120 meteors per hour should be seen during the 2025 Quadrantid meteor shower. However ... asteroid is really a piece of an old, "extinct" comet; perhaps a comet ...

While usually not as bright as the Geminids, the Ursid meteor shower can yield surprises. "The Ursids are generally a sparse meteor shower," producing about 5 to 10 visible meteors per hour under ...

WASHINGTON — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year's first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark ...

The new year will kick off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is set to peak early on Friday. The Quadrantids have the potential of 200 meteors an hour under perfect conditions, but most ...

according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. However, the real star of the month, and possibly the summer, is the Perseid meteor shower. The Perseids peak with up to 75 meteors per hour on Aug. 12-13 ...

When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday, it will be the year's first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark conditions.