Meteor Showers

Perseid Meteor Shower peaks tonight: Here's how to catch the best meteor shower of 2020

Taking place every year between 17 July and 24 August, the Perseids reach their peak before mid-August this year.

Meteor showers in 2020: Events to keep an eye out for that will light up the night sky this year

Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn. If you’re lucky or well-planned, you could just catch one in action.

Parker Solar probe captures dust trail of asteroid that cause Geminid meteor showers every year

The asteroid's 96,560 km dust trail is made up of dust grains and small rocks that burn up in the Earth's atmosphere.

Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2019, to peak before dawn tomorrow in India

The odd and beautiful display of shooting stars will peak just after New Years on 4 January 2019.

NASA data reveals presence of metal atoms in Mars atmosphere

Mars has electrically charged metal atoms high in its atmosphere, according to new data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft which can unveil previously invisible activity in the mysterious electrically charged ionosphere of the red planet.