Tagged: meteor shower

A shattering comet might generate a new tau Herculids shower on May 30 and 31. A blast of new meteors may emerge during a tau Herculid meteor shower on May 30 and 31, but that’s not a sure thing. NASA astronomer Bill Cooke termed the...

The year’s shooting-star spotting season is still under way, and there’s still a chance to see its first big shower. Meteor season is back with the annual Lyrid meteor shower. The first three months of most years represent a relative dry spell for night-sky watchers,...

The risk is increasing that Earth will be hit by an asteroid from a meteor stream known as the Taurids, informed astronomers from the Czech Academy of Sciences, today (June 6, 2017). The team has analyzed 144 bolides – large meteors that explode in the...