The event produces some of the year’s fastest meteors, although the nearly full moon may make them challenging to spot.

Leonid meteors are visible in the night sky from early November to early December. This weekend, the ongoing meteor shower ...

You'll have a chance to see two meteor showers this weekend. Kelly Beatty, senior editor at Sky & Telescope, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to tell us how to look for these and other wonders in the ...

As Encke moves, it sheds dust wherever it goes, like the Peanuts character Pig Pen. A meteor shower occurs when that dust and debris light up while entering Earth’s atmosphere at high speeds.

When the Leonids fly across the sky, stargazers know that the comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle is nearby. Every year, the iconic ...

Leonid meteors are a few years away from producing a storm that dazzles viewers once every 33 years, but they could still put ...

Cameras and NOAA weather satellites captured the moment when a meteor exploded into a brilliant fireball over the western U.S ...

Included in the list are the Geminids and Quadrantids meteor showers. They are two of the largest such events of the year, ...

This particular shower comes from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which takes about 33 years to orbit around the sun and back near ...

The North and South Taurids occur every year in September, October, and November. They may have originated from a comet that broke up about 10,000 years ago.

The Leonid meteor shower streaks across the night sky in November. Here's what to know, including when is the best time to ...