A fireball soared over Mexico City in the early hours of April 16. It wasn't a meteorite, though — it was a bolide, a much ...

Wasn't great last night, but caught a few meteors crossing the sky in the Lyrid meteor shower with a "Star Trails" capture on ...

One of the oldest known meteor showers, the Lyrids, will peak in the very early hours of Tuesday, April 22, when around 18 ...

"Due to the great pressure on the object, they begin to flash with a stretching tail and emit light,” said Rodríguez, one of ...

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 glowing object was a bolide, fireballs that explode in a bright flash, according to experts. It streaked across Mexico’s ...

Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, the Lyrid meteor shower is the world's oldest known of its kind and reliably occurs ...

The annual display of Lyrids, famous for bright “fireball” shooting stars, will occur from April 17-26, peaking on April 22, ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

"You will begin to see Lyrids after 10 p.m. local time," said Bill Cooke, who leads NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office at ...

As we move through the year and check celestial events off the calendar, there are still six meteor showers left to see in ...

A loud bang and a bright green ball of light seen in the skies above Australia have left astronomers perplexed about the ...