2017 is looking to be a spectacular year for meteor showers. So here’s what to look out for in both the northern and southern skies.
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The annual Perseid meteor shower gives us a glimpse of remnants from the early formation of the solar system.
From the high-speed journey to Jupiter to solar eclipses, meteor showers and planetary alignments visible in the skies above – add these space highlights to your 2016 calendar.
Many meteor showers are a regular annual event, but what you can see varies from year to year. So which showers will be the best for 2016?
A darkened moon is promising to allow us to see one of the best meteor showers of the year, so long as the skies are clear.
Astronauts living on the ISS get to experience the wonders of the universe’s natural phenomena like no one else.
From a meteor shower to 67P’s closest approach to the sun: prepare to be amazed by comets.
Meteors have been seen since people first looked at the night sky. They are comprised of small pieces of debris, typically no larger than a grain of dust or sand, which continually crash into the Earth’s…
Watching meteors in the night sky can be fun, although typically you only see a few flashes an hour. But there are certain times of the year when you can see many more – events known as meteor showers…
The best meteor shower of the year should put on an impressive display this weekend – weather permitting – with the annual Geminids poised to light up the sky with bright, long meteors visible as frequently…
As Earth orbits the sun, it continually ploughs through dust and debris left behind by passing comets and asteroids. On any night of the year, a keen-eyed observer might see five, or even ten, meteors…
Over in the northern hemisphere, where summer is in full swing, it’s the time of the Perseids meteor shower. Generally it’s their best shower of the year, with 100 meteors predicted each hour over August…
If you’re willing to rise early tomorrow morning then there’s the chance to see a meteor shower, known as the Lyrids, which may been responsible for a bright light seen recently over Russia. A dashcam…
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