Don’t wish away the rest of the year just yet: 2021 has one more cosmic treat in store for us. One of the most stunning meteor showers of the year reaches its height tonight, bringing hundreds of ...

The Geminids meteor shower will peak overnight tonight. The highpoint for the annual meteor shower – considered by NASA as one of the best and most reliable of the year – will come on the night of ...

An early Christmas gift will light up the sky in the last celestial event of the year – the Ursid meteor shower. With a bright moon in the background, the annual event is expected to peak the morning ...

Stargazing alert: The best meteor shower of 2021 peaks Monday night into Tuesday morning! The Geminid meteor shower is normally the most active meteor shower of the year, boasting 100 to 150 meteors ...

The 2021-22 winter begins this week with the longest night of the year, which will be made a little brighter with a meteor shower. The winter solstice is Tuesday, and the Ursid meteor shower peaks ...

December's annual Ursids meteor shower peaked during the dawn hours of Wednesday, but skywatchers still have a few days to catch this cosmic event. The Ursids, given their name because they are ...

A crisp wind blew off the Gulf of Mexico as photojournalist and commercial photographer Mark Wallheiser set up his camera on a tripod near the edge of the water. He unfolded his camping chair, opened ...

Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water independent on his off-grid compound in the New Mexico desert. Eric uses his passion for writing about ...