If it survives its close encounter with the sun next week, it could become the brightest comet of 2025.

However, the Quadrantid influx is sharply peaked: six hours before and after maximum, these blue meteors appear at only half ...

The Quadrantids, which peak in early January each year, are considered to be "one of the best annual meteor showers," ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks in early January, offering dazzling fireballs and up to 120 meteors per hour.

Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the first meteor shower of the year. The Quadrantids, one of the ...

The "brightest comet of the year" is on its way, and there are three other skyward events happening this month as well - a meteor shower tonight (Jan. 2), northern lights sightings and a "planet ...

A black moon will be in the sky on Dec. 30 at 5:27 p.m., according to the United States Navy's Astronomical Applications ...

This means that the stream of particles is a narrow one — possibly derived relatively recently from a small comet. In fact, in 2003, astronomer Peter Jenniskens of NASA, found a near-Earth ...