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Get ready to see a double meteor shower featuring the Perseids, one of the biggest and brightest meteor showers of…

2023 Perseid meteor shower observed in Chinese grasslandsCynthia Lee/Alamy The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best opportunities to…

A meteorite passed over the Statue of Liberty on Tuesday morning, breaking up about 30 miles above midtown Manhattan, according…

Quadrantid meteor shower “Fireball” in Tres Piedras, New Mexico, January 2020Mike Lewinsky CC BY 2.0 DEED The first major meteor…

January 3rd and 4thPredicted peak of the Quadriids meteor showerJanuary 12th Mercury at maximum western elongationJanuary 13th and 14th“Dance” of…

Geminid meteor shower observed at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in ChinaJeff Dye/StockTrek Images/Alamy This year, the peak of the Geminid…

Geminid meteor shower observed at Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in ChinaJeff Dye/StockTrek Images/Alamy This year, the peak of the Geminid…

December 4thMercury at maximum elongationDecember 13th and 14thGeminid meteor shower peak predictionDecember 21stwinter solsticeDecember 22nd and 23rd Peak of Ursa…

An 1877 color lithograph depicts the Andromedid meteor shower of 1872.Antica Print Gallery/Alamy Astronomers say a “lost” meteor shower could…