Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Orchidpoet/Getty Images A Taurid meteorite fireball descending in glowing aurora over Lake Simcoe on November 9, 2015. Fireballs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Southern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Earth passes through dust left by a comet.

Heads up stargazers! The Southern Taurid meteor shower peaks overnight on Nov. 4-5, when a flurry of bright meteors could potentially be seen streaking through Earth's sky as our planet passes through ...

Meteor showers are the product of comets or asteroids dropping debris on their orbit. Once these debris streams cross the Earth, they burn up in the atmosphere, creating the shooting stars that we ...

Exactly 150 summers ago, stargazers were admiring a beautiful new comet. Discovered in mid-July 1862 by Americans Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle, the new object became favorably positioned high in the ...

Fireballs may be making appearances all over the U.S. sky tonight. The Southern Taurid meteor shower is peaking overnight between Nov. 4 to Nov. 5. The Taurids are active annually, starting in ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...