After a more than three-month meteor shower drought, you can finally look to the skies again for a cosmic display. The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak, or reach its maximum activity, on ...

The Eta Aquariids meteor shower is active from April 19 to May 28, with its peak on May 5-6. This meteor shower is caused by debris from Halley's Comet and is known for its fast, bright meteors.

We've had good reasons to look up at the skies lately: the pink moon last month, the launch and splashdown of the Orion spacecraft, which carried humans to the moon for the first time in more than 50 ...

This week, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to observe the Eta Aquariid meteor shower, which peaks on May 5. Although the glare of the Moon will wash out fainter meteors, you ...

One of the oldest known meteor showers will soon be visible in the night sky. The Lyrid meteor shower falls in April every year. Here’s how you can see it in Washington state: What is the Lyrid meteor ...

Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...