Meteor

After the mediocre showers from the past few months, the Perseids meteor shower comes in to light up the night sky with a brilliant show. Being related to the myth of Perseus and Medusa, this time of year is perfect for changing the…

The June Bootes meteor shower is unique in that this yearly shower is either absolutely spectacular, with 100 or more meteors flashing brilliantly through the night sky, or quite the let down with a mere 1 to 2 meteors per hour. This…

This May brings us the Eta Aquarids Meteor shower and with it comes an excellent opportunity for revolution and change in our lives as well as in and in the world. This year the annual shower coincides with the Scorpio full moon lunar…

The Lyrids meteor shower takes place every year in April, and it’s a perfect time to recommit to the promises you’ve made to yourself. The beginning of the year is a classically slow time meteor shower-wise, but things are picking up…

  America needs to wake up to the all-out assault on its existence by China. Except for John Kerry, most Americans believe our most critical threat is China, but I do not think most understand just how extensive and dangerous China’s…

Three meteor showers will light up the sky across eastern Australia tonight, giving stargazers an opportunity to photograph the fireballs as they blaze across the sky.But capturing a meteorite shower is not as easy as just taking out…

Mirror photo by Holly Claycomb Tom Kasner talks to visitors about his homemade telescope, which weighs nearly 100 pounds, but can be separated into two pieces to make it easier to transport. The instrument — a Dobsonian Reflector — is…

Meteors in annual showers have a radiant point, a point in the sky from which all the meteors appear to radiate, marked by an O in this image from Wikimedia Commons. Meteor showers have a radiant point Many times each year, when Earth…

A new meteor shower could materialize from a crumbling comet and here’s how to watch it. On the evening of Monday, May 30, astronomy lovers may get to see a brand new meteor shower light up the night sky. Dubbed…

New for 2022, the tau Herculid meteor shower may make an appearance on the night of May 30-31. Sometimes, astronomy can be full of surprises. Take the case of a tiny comet, normally far too faint to be seen without the help of a…