NASA’s giant super pressure balloon, carrying the HIWIND experiment, is racing across the Pacific after launching from New ...

April 21 - 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations ...

Get ready for a celestial treat this weekend! Venus, Saturn, and a crescent Moon will align to form a smiling face in the sky ...

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

The Lyrids are best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere during the dark hours between midnight and dawn. The website Time and ...

Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour, but in general, 10-20 Lyrid meteors can be seen per ...

The best time to view the Lyrids is when Lyra, the Northern Hemisphere constellation from which the meteors appear to radiate ...

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

Best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere ... collides with Earth's atmosphere at high speed and disintegrates, creating fiery and colorful streaks in the sky, according to NASA.

Skygazers, get ready! The Lyrid meteor shower, active since April 17th, will peak on April 21st and 22nd, potentially ...

On April 24, 1990, the Space Shuttle Discovery blasted off from Kennedy Space Center, carrying the new Hubble Space Telescope ...