NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is currently tracking two asteroids, 2022 OB5 and 2024 YB10, both set to pass Earth on ...

Meteor showers are generally named for the constellation in which they appear to originate. They occur whenever Earth plows through streams of debris left behind by comets and sometimes asteroids.

Meteors are leftover pieces from broken asteroids and comet particles that spread out in dusty trails orbiting the sun. Each year, Earth passes through the debris trails, and pieces of dust and ...

The year 2025 begins with a New Year gift for stargazers as the breathtaking Quadrantid meteor shower are set to lights up the sky. This cosmic wonder which were 1st visible on December 27 ...

Key highlights include the Venus and Moon conjunction, Quadrantid meteor shower peak, a Saturn-Moon occultation, Earth at perihelion, Venus elongation, the full Wolf Moon, Mars at opposition ...

Meteors are caused when Earth passes through the space debris left by comets or asteroids, creating bright streaks in the sky. The Quadrantids are named after a constellation that no longer exists ...

This rapid meteor shower is caused by Earth passing through a thin stream of particles from asteroids and comets, leading to dramatic fiery displays as these particles disintegrate in the atmosphere.

The Quadrantids originate from asteroid 2003 EH1, unlike most meteor showers, which originate from comets, according to NASA. Asteroid 2003 EH1 takes about 5.52 years to orbit the Sun and could be ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the first meteor shower of the year, reported by ABC News. The Quadrantids, one of the “strongest” displays of the ...

but the average weather conditions for January tend to make the meteors difficult to view, according to NASA. First seen in 1825, the Quadrantids are the result of debris from the asteroid 2003 ...