Nowadays, scientists armed with sophisticated telescopes witness many supernovas every year, but they have all been distant ...

Staying on our feet won’t be easy with all that today has in store. Hyperactive Mercury faces unpredictable Uranus in ...

The Leonid meteor shower is created as Earth pass through the trail of tiny debris left behind by comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle as ...

For North America, the best time to look will be before dawn on Tuesday, Nov. 18. Probably the most famous of the annual ...

Meteors from the Leonids can be spotted in the constellation Leo, and will be visible from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. This year, the moon will be 9 percent full, which is good news ...

A waning crescent moon will offer stargazers an optimal viewing experience this year, with 10 to 15 meteors visible each hour ...

The Leonids meteor shower is one of the two best annual meteor showers to be seen in the Northern Hemisphere night sky, the ...

Since 1833, when the Leonids unleashed over 100,000 meteors an hour, scientists have traced these celestial tempests to a...

You won't need binoculars or a telescope, but you will need to get away from city lights to see one of the meteor showers ...

Despite the low count, the Leonids are historically known to produce some powerful storms every 33 years or so, NASA says.

This November, the Taurid meteor shower is putting on one of its most spectacular shows. While many meteor showers have short ...