With its longer, cooler nights, Autumn is an excellent time of year for stargazing, taking in a half-dozen meteor showers (including a potential meteor storm and fireball swarm), and possibly even ...

The first half of November features the peaks of two different meteor showers – the Taurids and the Leonids. Both meteor showers aren’t well known for a lot of meteor activity, but patient watchers ...

Love to watch shooting stars? There will be lots of chances to see meteors and fireballs light up the night sky from now through the end of the year. But these could take more planning than some of ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Reports of a "fireball" sighting from the sky on Thursday afternoon have come from all across North Carolina, South Carolina and the broader Southeast. It was described by experts ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Reports of a "fireball" sighting from the sky on Thursday afternoon have come from all across North Carolina, South Carolina and the broader Southeast. It was described by experts ...

Autumn is sometimes referred to as meteor shower season, as there are several showers that peak on the crisp fall nights, but this week's Orionid meteor shower could have some competition. October's ...

Next weekend will be a great time to get away from city lights to enjoy the night sky and the annual Geminid meteor shower. Meteors are also known as falling, or shooting, stars because they appear to ...

"It felt like an earthquake or a big bomb going off.” 911 lines in Newton County lit up with anxious callers on June 26, wondering what happened when a massive boom and rattling disrupted what had ...