Skywatchers could see up to 10 brilliant meteors every hour as Earth passes through debris from Comet Encke, although ...

The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks Nov. 4, with a "swarm year" doubling fireball activity—but there's a catch.

Debris from Comet Encke creates two annual meteor showers, but it might also pose a small risk to Earth. Scientists are ...

The “super” part comes from astronomy. A supermoon occurs when the moon is near perigee — the point in its orbit when it’s ...

The meteor was spotted during the annual Southern Taurid meteor shower, which is active between September and November. Known ...

While the Orionids aren’t the most prolific meteor shower of the year, they are incredibly fast movers. They enter the atmosphere at about 41 miles per second (about 150,000 miles per hour), heating ...

One of the two branches of the Taurids meteor stream, the Southern Taurids can occasionally produce very bright meteors. In ...

October’s night sky is set to dazzle, featuring a radiant supermoon, the fiery Draconid meteor shower, and the sparkling Orionids. As the full moon reaches its largest and brightest on October 6, ...