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 ...

Get past the fake science, and the Taurid meteor shower foreshadows what could, one day, pose a troubling scenario.

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

The Leonid meteor shower is expected to reach peak activity during the early morning hours of Nov. 17 and Nov. 18, the ...

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

Early morning hours are best to see meteors, as you're standing on the swath of the surface of the Earth that's turned ...

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

This supermoon — known as the Beaver Moon since this is the time of year when beavers hunker down for the winter — rises ...

THE Taurid meteor shower is set to peak tonight, casting “slow and bright” shooting stars across the sky. These fireballs, ...

In this photo taken in 1921, Mt. Rainier is a dramatic backdrop to what was—and remains—the most populous city in the Pacific ...

The fireball—one of many decommissioned satellites from SpaceX's internet service—was spotted by dozens of people across at ...