Alien: Earth has just made the Ice Age movies canon in the Alien franchise – but what if there’s another reason for its ...

The Perseid meteor shower 2025 peaked Aug. 12-13, delighting skywatchers worldwide. The Perseid meteor shower peaked on Aug ...

A meteorite that tore through the roof of a U.S. home in June 2025 has been dated at 4.56 billion years old, making it roughly 20 million years older than Earth itself. The impact occurred on June 26 ...

A cosmic visitor is stirring up an earthly debate. A Harvard University astrophysicist has suggested the incoming ...

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks Aug. 12-13. According to NASA, about 25 to 75 meteors are likely, and up to 100 are possible. Make sure to move away from city lights, try to have a wide view of the ...

The recent auction of a Martian meteorite—for a record-grabbing $5.3 million at Sotheby's New York—has sparked questions over ...

The Perseids occur every August when Earth passes through debris left by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. As these tiny fragments hit the atmosphere at speeds up to 59 kilometres per second, they burn ...

As of Wednesday, Aug. 13, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous, and it is 79% lit up to us on Earth, according to NASA's Daily Moon Observation. Tonight is the second night of the Perseids Meteor Shower ...

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning. People in the Northern Hemisphere will ...

Summer’s most dazzling meteor shower, the Perseids, peaks early Wednesday. At the same time, Venus and Jupiter will converge ...

Meteors from the Perseids meteor shower streak across a partly cloudy sky above Inyo National Forest in Bishop, California, in 2024. Pinkish glow of aurora can be seen to the left of the image, and a ...

INDIANAPOLIS — If you look up in the nighttime sky in August, you may catch a glimpse of the Perseid Meteor Shower. "There's a comet that orbits the sun, called Comet Swift Tuttle. As it orbits the ...