This month's night sky is filled with close-range meteors, swirling nebulas, and prime stargazing conditions. Here’s when you ...

Few cosmic events inspire a sense of wonder about the universe like shooting stars ... signature in light across the night ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Get ready to see shooting stars streak across ... to see many meteors in the night sky, as the moon’s illumination won’t wash them out like it did last year.

With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong meteor shower, but only when viewed from the tropics and south of the equator.

the Eta-Aquarid meteor shower can deliver up to about 30 shooting stars per hour. However, since the full Moon will be in the sky shining brightly all night, this isn’t a good time to go ...

National parks and designated Dark Sky Places offer excellent ... she saw her first shooting star. "The Milky Way seemed like a million of stars, it was beautiful, it was incredible," the 22 ...

An exposure longer than about 25 seconds will start to show star trails and capture their movement as they travel across the night sky, so experiment with timings. Generally, the rule of thumb is to ...

And Perseid meteors tend to strengthen in number as late night deepens into the ... they look like shooting stars streaking across the sky. And some look like big, bright fireballs.

which last for several seconds to minutes…The Orionids are also framed by some of the brightest stars in the night sky, which lend a spectacular backdrop for these showy meteors.” Although ...

The best way to see the Lyrids is far away from any light-polluted areas like city ... emerge from one star in the constellation and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, Vega.

On the night of 22 April, watch out for shooting stars speeding outwards from this region and streaking across the sky. The Lyrid shooting stars are specks of space dust burning up in the ...