Prior to 2040, the last planetary quintuplet occurred in the year 1186, and according to Uptain, records show that the close ...

The postponement, driven primarily by thick clouds, was the second scrub of the flight since an issue with the rocket on ...

11—Last year's celestial events were quite spectacular, with two off-the-chart displays of northern ... One of the most predictable events are the meteor showers that frequently occur throughout ...

Follow your star chart or app until you reach the direction ... When not to use binoculars Meteor showers are the classic example, there is a tendency to reach for the telescope or binoculars ...

Cherry Springs, isolated atop its mountain and surrounded by the 265,000-acre Susquehannock State Forest, remained a haven of ...

Nestled in the remote highlands of Potter County, Cherry Springs State Park offers something increasingly rare in our modern world – a chance to see the night sky as our ancestors did, ablaze with ...

The American Meteor Society adds that the Lyrids usually lack persistent trains but can produce "fireballs." A fireball "is ...

Created from debris trails from Halley’s Comet, the eta Aquariids can be seen from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ...

Rosanna Tilbrook, an astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre, tells V.I.A. that the Lyrid meteor shower is visible from April 16 to April 25 in the Lower Mainland. Locals will start seeing ...

While celestial distractions are never hard to come by on clear evenings, meteor showers offer a different kind of temptation that encourages investment in a good blanket or chair and permission ...

We’ll get treated to a few meteor showers, too, the best one timed just two weeks before year’s end. To map out the best nights for skywatching, we turned to three seasoned stargazers ...