Learn why Earth passes through streams of comet debris, how meteor showers form and what makes events such as the Perseids so visible.
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The Perseid meteor shower is active each year in July and August as Earth crosses debris from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. In 2026, NASA lists the peak night as August 12–13, with the shower active through August 24 and unusually favorable.
One of the three largest meteor showers of the year, took place on the morning of August 14, creating an extremely satisfying light show for sky love…
The Geminid meteor shower is one of the most reliable annual showers and is associated with 3200 Phaethon, an asteroid or 'rock comet' rather than a…
The meteor shower that took place on the night of August 13 was the most beautiful meteor shower in 113 years of history. Perseid meteor shower takes…
Admire the latest images of the Perseid meteor that appeared last night (August 12) in the sky of Europe
According to Vietnam time zone, Geminid meteor shower will peak on the night between December 14 and December 15. However there were several shooting…
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November will have many interesting astronomical phenomena worth admiring, including a new moon, a supermoon, two brilliant meteor showers, and a direct Uranus conjuncti…
Lyrids is the world's first recorded meteor shower: From 687 BC, by Chinese astronomers.
The full moon of the third lunar month, nicknamed the Pink Moon, will appear bright and round in the sky from April 22-24.
The Lyrids meteor shower takes place every year from April 16 to April 25. This year's peak falls on the night of April 22 and morning of April 23, giving astronomy love…
Astronomy buffs around the world will get the chance to watch the Eta Aquarids meteor shower peak mid-week.
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This year due to not coinciding with the bright moon day, astronomers can admire the full of this amazing astronomical phenomenon.
Derived from comet remnant Swift-Tutle, meteor shower Perseids takes place from July 17 to August 24 every year, reaching a maximum on the night of 12th and 12th August.
The annual Perseids meteor shower event is always one of the most remarkable astronomical events of the year. Because this is one of the two largest and brightest stars…
The most beautiful meteor shower of the year, Perseids, peaked last night (August 12) with a possible frequency of up to 100 meteors per hour.
Vietnamese people will have a chance to watch meteor shower peak at dawn on August 13, with about 100 streaks every hour.
This morning (December 15), the biggest meteor shower of the year took place and a series of astronomers and photographers around the world did not miss the opportunity…
Update the images of the last meteor shower 2014 around the planet.
Astronomers all over the world have just seen the largest meteor shower in 2018 that took place on the morning of August 13.
Night 12 dawn on August 13, Vietnamese astronomers will have the opportunity to admire the Perseid meteor shower, one of the two biggest meteor showers of the year.
World astronomers have been satisfied with the most glorious meteor shower in 2009, Geminid meteor shower.
The dawn of the 13th and 14th is the peak of Perseids, the largest meteor shower of the year, but the weather in Vietnam is not favorable to observe this amazing phenome…
This week, people around the world will be able to see the Delta Aquarids meteor shower most visually on July 28 and 29.