If you're a fan of stargazing then be sure to look up because you won't want to miss this celestial marvel - although do ...

The best time to view the Lyrids is when Lyra, the Northern Hemisphere constellation from which the meteors appear to radiate ...

The Lyrid meteor shower is an annual night sky display where stargazers can witness up to 20 'shooting stars' an hour during ...

Fireballs are extremely bright meteors that often rival or exceed the brightness of Venus in the night sky. According to NASA, these larger meteors rarely survive their passage through the ...

Bolides, defined by NASA as fireballs, are “exceptionally bright meteors that are spectacular enough to be seen over a very wide area.” Mario Rodríguez, a doctor in space science with the ...

Meteors are caused by small particles of rock and dust left in the inner solar system by a comet, entering Earth's atmosphere and burning up, releasing energy as photons of light. Fireballs are ...

A bright green fireball was spotted glowing in skies over the east coast of Australia, leaving stargazers baffled. Initial reports on Monday night (April 21) suggsted the Lyrid meteor shower was ...

A fireball is any meteor that shines at least as bright as the planet Venus in our sky. Some are bright enough to be spotted from hundreds of kilometres in all directions. This image of a Lyrid ...

During that peak, about 18 “shooting stars,” some very bright fireballs, are expected each hour. Vector illustration of a Lyrids Meteor Shower April event web banner design template.

East Coasters who were in the right place at the right time last night got to see one of the more impressive fireballs in recent memory. The meteor, which traveled through Earth’s atmosphere on ...

Bolides are fireballs that explode in a bright flash, often with visible fragmentation, according to the American Meteor Society. Whereas a meteorite is a space rock that reaches the ground, ...