Meteors

Explore the December sky with our guide to astronomy events, including planetary alignments, moon phases, and asteroid sightings.

Alert skywatchers: Northern Lights could join the Perseid Meteor Shower this weekend, check details to catch the dazzling phenomenon

Northern Lights could be visible over northern and upper Midwest states this weekend, coinciding with the peak of the Perseid meteor shower.

This is the first-known meteor from another solar system to hit the Earth

The interstellar meteor, known as CNEOS 2014-01-08, had been detected along the coast of Papua New Guinea in January 2014.

Explainer: What are meteor showers and when do they occur

A meteor shower is celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. Here’s everything you need to know about the meteor showers.