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The Geminids meteor shower peaks this week. Here's what to expect

6:00am December 12, 2024

The Geminids are one of the best and most visible annual meteor showers, when at least 120 meteors can usually be seen per hour. But 2024 will be different, thanks to the year's final full moon.

A Leonid fireball is shown during the storm of 1966 in the sky above Wrightwood, Calif.

The Lyrids meteor shower is peaking. Here's how to enjoy it with a bright moon

4:40pm April 21, 2024

by Huo Jingnan

The Lyrids meteor shower is active until April 29 and is peaking overnight from Sunday into Monday. To see it, it's best to find an area with trees or a mountain blocking out the moon.

In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.

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The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Here's how to watch

4:27pm August 11, 2023

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

The Perseid meteor shower sends bright streaks shooting across the night sky. Stargazers can watch the shower peak this weekend, but the key, experts say, will be patience.

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A man watches a meteor during the Geminid meteor shower over Brimham Rocks in North Yorkshire.

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A spectacular meteor shower called the Geminids will peak on Tuesday evening

10:41am December 13, 2022

by Roshan Fernandez

The Geminids meteor shower, one of the best and most reliable of the year, will peak on Tuesday night.

Fire officials responded to a blaze earlier this month near California's Lake Englebright.

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A California man says a meteor may have set his home ablaze. Scientists are skeptical

5:00am November 15, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

Witnesses saw a "flaming basketball" streaking across the sky, then heard a loud crash, then Dustin Procita's house went up in flames. But that may be a coincidence, not the fire's cause.

Part of the Perseid meteor shower, seen in Salgotarjan, Hungary, on Aug. 13. Two astronomers predict the Alpha Monocerotids showers will be a more intense showing.

A Rare Meteor Shower May Grace The Skies Tonight

5:51pm November 21, 2019

by Paolo Zialcita

Some scientists predict the Alpha Monocerotids meteor shower will be visible at 11:50 p.m. ET. However, one NASA expert is skeptical of the forecast.

This bright meteor was seen in the sky above Wrightwood, Calif., during the Leonid meteor storm of 1966. Storms are more intense than showers, but every year Leonid meteors streak across the night sky in November.

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Watch The Leonid Meteor Shower This Weekend

5:27pm November 13, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

Hopefully you don't have anything planned between midnight Saturday and 3 a.m. Sunday because with a clear calendar and clear skies you should be able to catch a glimpse of a few meteors.

A Perseid meteor crosses along the Milky Way in August 2017, illuminating the dark sky near Comillas, in northern Spain.

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Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend — Just Look Up

8:00pm August 10, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The shower will peak late Sunday night and early Monday morning, but you can also catch a good number of meteors in the middle of the night on Saturday. Find a dark spot and let your eyes adjust.

Conditions are expected to be ideal for viewing the Lyrid meteor shower on Friday night and Saturday morning.This long-exposure photograph taken on April 23, 2015, shows the Lyrid meteors passing near the Milky Way in the clear night sky near Yangon, Myan

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Lights Off, Blankets Out: Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight

6:12pm April 21, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

Conditions on Friday night and before dawn on Saturday should be ideal for spotting the streaks of space debris — leftover particles from a comet that was last seen in 1861.

Perseid meteors streak across the sky over the city of Inegol in Turkey's Bursa Province in August 2015.

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This Year's Perseid Meteor Shower Is Going To Be Quite A Show — Here's How To Watch

5:32pm August 10, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Stargazers, get ready for something spectacular on Thursday. The annual Perseid meteor shower, already one of the most reliably impressive celestial events, promises to be especially good this year.