Full Supermoon . See the biggest and brightest moon of the year—the full supermoon—on the evening of Nov. 5. The moon will ...

The shooting stars are a stream of debris from Halley's Comet, which the Earth hits every year. The meteors are also some of ...

If you missed out on some of the summer’s best stellar displays, you won’t have to wait too much longer to make up for it.

The best time to see a shooting star is on Nov. 16 and 17, when the Leonids peak during an almost completely dark waning crescent moon. The meteors from the Leonids can be very bright and colorful ...

The Orionid is known as the most beautiful meteor shower of the year and will soon cause dozens of shooting stars to dart ...

The Orionid meteor shower will reach its peak early Wednesday morning, promising an increased number of visible meteors for ...

Orionid meteors become visible when debris from Halley's Comet collides with Earth's atmosphere. The Orionid meteor shower ...

In 1942, Herbert Flournoy joined the Merchant Marines and sent letters home describing his adventures, which were published ...

The month is packed with skywatching highlights—including two galaxies visible to the naked eye and a rare glimpse of the ...

The Draconid meteor shower peaks tonight, heralding a spectacular natural light show as a flurry of meteors streak through the moonlit October skies. Draconid meteors can be seen each year as Earth ...

The Orionid meteor shower is a unique meteor shower, with an estimated rate of about 30 meteors per hour when it reaches its ...