meteor shower

Anne Hathaway Is Making a Movie About Meteors That Turn Men into Aliens

Working with Christopher Nolan must have given Oscar-winner Anne Hathaway a taste for space. The Interstellar co-star just signed on to make The Shower, a film about a baby shower that turns into a meteor shower that turns men into blood-thirsty aliens. The Shower was written by Jac Schaeffer and made the Black List in…

The Best Meteor Shower of the Year Is Tonight, and Here’s How to Watch it

The Perseids is my favorite meteor shower of the year, and this year is likely to be the best one in recent memory. Here’s when, where, and how to watch it—and just what is going to make this year so spectacular. Top image: 2010 Perseids / image courtesy of Michael Menefee. What Are the Perseids?…

Watch a Spectacular Meteor Shower This Week

If you’d like to wish on a shooting star, this week is a great opportunity. The Perseid meteor shower will peak on Wednesday, August 12 and Thursday, August 13. Every year, Earth’s orbit around the Sun carries it through a cloud of dusty, rocky debris left in the wake of Comet Swift-Tuttle. When those particles…

The Halley’s Comet Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight—Here’s How To Watch

Starting late Tuesday night and continuing on through early morning Wednesday, debris from Halley’s Comet will light up the sky in this year’s Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Here’s everything you need to know to spot as many meteors as possible. Above: Halley’s Comet, as photographed by NASA in 1986 Halley’s Comet won’t make another appearance…

Everything You Need to Know to Catch This Week’s Lyrid Meteor Shower

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak between midnight and dawn on Wednesday, April 22 and Thursday, April 23rd. Here’s what you need to know to spot as many meteors as possible. Above: The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower, as seen from aboard the International Space Station. The flashes of white light are emanating…

Everything You Need To Know To Catch Saturday’s Geminid Meteor Shower

The Geminid meteor shower is one of the most consistently impressive celestial light shows of the year. And this year’s display hits its peak this weekend. Here’s what you need to know to spot as many meteors as possible. Pictured above: A massive Geminid fireball from 2009’s shower, one of the brightest ever recorded. The…

Here’s How To Watch The Leonids Meteor Shower Tonight

The Leonids meteor shower will peak soon in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. For best viewing, dress warmly, head out after midnight, and lay back watching the sky directly overhead. Failing that, you can always watch these space agency livestreams from the comfort of your home. Top image: An apparent fireball seen November 17,…

Camelopardalids over Joshua Trees

Meteor showers are an excuse to find somewhere dark, lay back, and spend time contemplating the cosmos. While the Camelopardalids fizzled, even a single meteor streaking over the dark skies of Joshua Tree National Park is spectacular. While the radio signature of atmospheric ionization from the Camelopardalids was neat, I am totally happy for some…

Watch Seven Years’ Worth Of Meteor Showers Condensed Into Two Minutes

Need a quick escape from your day? Put on your headphones and watch this dizzying time-lapse video at full screen as meteors from years and years of showers flit across the sky. Thomas O’Brien shot and edited this video, which captures the Perseid, Geminid and Leonid meteor showers, sometimes showing the path of the meteors…

Radio Signature of the First Camelopardalids Meteor Shower

The Solar Planetary And Meteor Detection has a hilarious acronym, but more importantly it’s a way to watch a meteor shower despite being clouded in. Here’s a glimpse of how the radio antenna network observed the brand-new Camelopardalids. When a meteor strikes the atmosphere and burns up, it’s not only pretty, it also it ionizes…

Look up! Giraffes Falling from the Sky

The Camelopardalids are having their debut meteor shower tonight. Will it be awesome, or a total fizzle? We have no way of knowing, we just know that we’re encountering a fresh batch of dust in space we’ve never ran into before. So head out tonight, take a look, and report back! https://gizmodo.com/a-never-before-seen-meteor-shower-peaks-tonight-heres-1580724695

Tonight’s Meteor Shower Will Be Like Watching the Jump to Light Speed

Already being hyped as one of the best of 2014—with some calling it a once-in-a-lifetime experience—the Camelopardalids meteor shower, which starts tonight, will also be unlike many meteor showers you might have seen: Instead of lights streaming across the sky diagonally, the meteors will be radiating out from a very visible point in the sky.…

A Never-Before-Seen Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight – Here’s How To Watch

Skygazers tonight will have a rare opportunity to witness the arrival of a brand new meteor shower. Astronomers aren’t sure what to expect, but many predict we could see the skies flood with hundreds of meteors per hour, which would make tonight’s far and away the most spectacular shower of the year. Above: Perseid Meteor…

Your Guide To Watching This Week’s Halley’s Comet Meteor Shower

In the early morning hours of Tuesday, May 6, debris from Halley’s Comet will light up the sky in this year’s Eta Aquarid meteor shower. Here’s everything you need to know to spot as many meteors as possible. Above: Halley’s Comet, as photographed by NASA in 1986 Halley’s Comet won’t make another appearance in our…

Everything You Need to Know to Catch This Week’s Lyrid Meteor Shower

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak between midnight and dawn on Tuesday, April 22 (and possibly Wednesday, April 23d). Here’s what you need to know to spot as many meteors as possible. Above: The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower, as seen from aboard the International Space Station. The flashes of white light are…

Everything you need to know to catch this year’s Geminid meteor shower

The Geminid meteor shower is consistently the most impressive celestial light show of the year. 2013’s display peaks Friday night/Saturday morning, and while this year’s shower will be competing with a fair bit of moonlight, it’s still shaping up to be one hell of a show. Here’s what you need to know to spot as…

The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend. Not the year’s most dazzling shower, and it’ll be competing with the light of a full Moon, but you’ll want to keep your eyes peeled if you find yourself outside in the early morning hours. If you’re feeling optimistic, SPACE.com has some good viewing tips. Pictured above: The…

For morning viewing: 3 timelapses of last week’s Perseid meteor shower

Last weekend’s Perseid display may go down as the most spectacular meteor shower of 2013. Did you miss it? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Here to wrest you from the clutches of Monday morning indolence are three arresting timelapses of the shower, each under 90 seconds long. The first comes from photographer P-M Hedén,…

Incredible Footage Shows a Perseid Meteor Exploding

Personally, I’ve never seen anything like this, and photographer and digital artist Michael K. Chung said he couldn’t believe what he saw when he was processing images he took for a timelapse of the Perseid meteor shower. It appears he captured a meteor explosion and the resulting expansion of a shock wave or debris ring.…

The year’s best meteor shower peaks this weekend – here’s how to watch

The Perseids have arrived. They’re widely recognized as the largest and most dependable meteor display of the year, and NASA has already spied several early fireballs – but activity is expected to really ramp up in the days ahead. Here’s our handy guide to meteor-watching. The Perseid visibility is expected to peak in the (very)…