A fine display of shooting stars is underway and peaks overnight into the morning of August 12. Astronomers expect the 2004 Perseid meteor shower to be one of the best versions of the annual event in ...

In this episode, we visit Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg on the Trans Siberian Railway. Most of this Russia travel vlog is ...

Patrick M. Shober received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 945298. Patrick M. Shober currently ...

Carbon-rich asteroids are abundant in space yet make up less than 5% of meteorites found on Earth. An international team of scientists from Curtin University's School of Earth and Planetary ...

One of the oldest-known meteor showers is set to kick off this week and deliver a night sky show through the end of this month. The Lyrid meteor shower is visible from roughly April 16 to April 26.

The Lyrid meteor shower, a celestial event first seen thousands of years ago, is about to streak through the night sky in April. First observed in China in 687 B.C.E., the Lyrid meteor shower ...

A free light show will flash over South Carolina skies later this month. Every year, the Lyrids meteor shower sparks across the Northern Hemisphere in late April. South Carolinians will have the ...

April 2025 offers a celestial treat with the Pink Moon on April 12 and the Lyrid meteor showers peaking on April 22. The Pink Moon coincides with Easter, adding to its significance, while the ...

New research in Sweden has uncovered perplexingly high methane emissions coming from the largest meteorite crater in Europe. The Siljan Ring is a prehistoric impact structure in central Sweden ...

Meteor showers are among the most popular astronomy events. From the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in early May to the breathtaking Geminids in December, these celestial events promise to light up the ...

April stargazers are in for a special micromoon when April's full pink moon rises and when the Lyrid meteor shower streaks and peaks in the sky. The April full moon will also be a micro moon ...