This January, the night sky offers a stunning display featuring the Quadrantid meteor shower and a rare alignment of four bright planets visible in a single view. Witness Mars at opposition, shining ...

"The Quadrantid shower is one of four major meteor showers each year with a sharp peak (the other three are the Lyrids , Leonids, and Ursids )," Earthsky.org states. NASA says that the Quadrantid ...

The best time to watch the Quadrantids meteor shower will be after sunset Friday. At their peak, they deliver a dazzling ...

Stargazers are in for a treat as the Quadrantids Meteor Shower, one of the year’s best, reaches its peak over the Northern Hemisphere, according to NASA. This annual meteor ...

The showers are expected to peak on the mornings of Aug. 12 and Aug. 13, according ... The Leonids, a major meteor shower with colorful and bright streaks, peak during mid-November.

Unfortunately, August's Perseid meteor shower, one of the best recurring meteor showers on the calendar, will compete with a bright, nearly full moon during its Aug. 12-13 peak. Below are the ...

On the night of Jan. 13, the full moon will occult the red ... (The next one will be on March 3, 2026). Amazing meteor shower displays are notoriously difficult to predict, but there are two ...