The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks next week — one of three displays of shooting stars that are active this month for summer skywatching. The Perseids, the alpha Capricornids and the Southern ...
2018 Perseids meteor shower with the Milky way, taken in Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Alps. Shooting stars are stacked according to their positions in the sky to show the (oppisite) radiant. Two ...
Do shooting stars have a high season? They do right now, with three active meteor showers ramping up in our nighttime sky. All three meteor shower events are different, with their own timing, ...
The first of our showers is the Delta Aquarids, with a broad three-day maximum running from July 29 through 31. Each summer, amateur astronomers from all over the world look forward to observing the ...
Colorado’s night skies will be filled with hundreds of shooting stars this month as one of the best meteor showers of the year rains down on the Rocky Mountains. Astronomy guide and Summit County ...