When and how can I see the 2025 Orionid meteor shower from Australia?
This week is a great time to find somewhere dark and look up with the annual Orionid meteor shower gracing southern skies. The Orionids streak across the sky every October as Earth passes through the debris trail left behind Halley’s Comet. At their peak early this week on October 21 and 22 the Orionids may […]
The Eta Aquariid meteor shower is about to peak. Here’s how to catch it from Australia
Early risers are in for a treat, with one of the best meteor showers of the Southern Hemisphere about to peak later in the week. The shower is visible from anywhere in Australia and, if you know where to look, you might catch up to 22 meteors an hour. This year will be particularly good […]
How to catch the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear and dark conditions. Most meteor showers are named for the constellations where they appear to originate from in the night sky. But […]
How To Watch The Northern Taurids Meteor Shower Tonight
Topline A major meteor shower is forecast to peak Monday and Tuesday night, according to the American Meteor Society, giving skygazers their second chance this month to see the annual Taurid meteor shower. This 2014 image provided by NASA shows a Taurid fireball recorded at the NASA All Sky Fireball … [+] Network station in […]
September’s Harvest Moon will be a partial lunar eclipse. Here’s when and how to see it’s peak tonight.
The September Harvest Moon, a partial lunar eclipse, will make its debut in the sky Monday evening and last through Thursday morning. The full moon will peak at 10:35 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Sept. 17, according to NASA. The is the second of 2024’s four consecutive supermoons, following August’s blue supermoon, a rare phenomenon that […]
Geminid meteor shower: How to see the spectacular show this week
The Geminid meteor shower over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in China Jeff Dai/Stocktrek Images/Alamy The peak of the Geminid meteor shower, on the morning of 14 December, is expected to dazzle this year. The shower started on 19 November and will end on 24 December, but keep an eye out over the coming days because […]