Beginning in July, stargazers can look forward to three meteor showers this summer, including the famed Perseids. Here's everything to know.

No special equipment is needed to see the meteors. Using binoculars or telescopes can actually limit views of the meteors, USA TODAY reported. These meteors are fast, traveling 40.7 miles per second ...

The cosmos is set to put on a show later this week when a celestial event reaches its peak. The Eta Aquariid meteor shower will reach its crescendo between midnight and dawn on Wednesday. British ...

Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...

The Lyrids meteor shower is underway and will soon peak. The meteor shower is known to produce around 10 to 20 meteors, or shooting stars, for the three nights around its peak, when stargazers will be ...

The first meteor shower of the spring will soon light up the New York skies. The Lyrids meteor shower, which became active on Tuesday, April 14, is expected to hit its peak activity this week before ...

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower is getting a boost thanks to a dim crescent moon. Skywatchers could see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour soar across the spring sky, according to NASA, when the fiery ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. One of the oldest known meteor showers is about to peak ...

Lyrids meteor shower is observed in Karagol Geosite in Kizilcahamam district of Ankara, Turkiye, on April 22, 2025. Reporter One of the oldest meteor showers recorded by humans began this week—but don ...

Fireballs and meteors could be seen anytime the constellation Lyra is above the horizon. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The ...

You don’t have to be a science geek to appreciate a bright meteor streaking across the night sky. Whether it’s a quick flash when you happen to look up, or a ...

According to the American Meteor Society, well over 200 eyewitnesses across California, Nevada and Arizona reported seeing a fireball hurl through the night sky on Sunday. The meteor was first spotted ...