With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong meteor shower, but only when viewed from the tropics and south of the equator.

This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

A dazzling celestial display is set to light up the night sky this April as Earth drifts through a dusty trail left by an ancient comet. The Lyrid meteor shower, active from Wednesday, April 16 to ...

The Aquarids – sometimes spelled as "Aquariids" – first became active April 19 and are due to peak between May 5 and May 6.

This causes the air to glow around them and briefly leaves a fiery tail behind them — the end of a “shooting star ... may be visible in the night sky. “Halley’s comet does not leave ...

The Northern Taurids could send streaks of shooting stars into the night sky as it reaches peak activity on Monday and Tuesday, according to the American Meteorology Society. Every year from ...

The radiant is the point in the sky from which meteors appear to originate. Each year, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower starts producing shooting stars as early as April 20 and as late as May 21 ...

What's the difference? With shooting stars, you see a tiny little zip of light go across the night sky. It's always a pleasant sight, no matter how many you've witnessed over the years.

The shooting star, according to Sparks, looked like it was roughly over Greeneville, about 65 miles east of Knoxville, when he spotted it. "It lit up the sky for over 10 seconds with multiple ...