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Also appearing near the moon on the first night of the month is Regulus, the bright pale-blue star in the constellation Leo, ...
Skywatchers in North Alabama will witness the Arietid meteor shower, peaking June 7-8, offering pre-dawn displays of meteors.
In August, the famous Perseid Meteor Shower will hit its two-day peak. The ETA Aquarids peaked between May 5 and May 6 and will remain active for a few more days. Within the first five months of ...
Did you see something unusual in the sky last night? You may have caught a rare meteor shower caused by debris from Halley's Comet, a comet that won't enter the inner solar system again until 2061 ...
This week, the Eta Aquarids annual meteor shower will reach its peak. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower began on April 20 and is known to peak in early May. This year, it will become most active ...
The Aquarids are the third major meteor shower of the year, following the Lyrids earlier in April and the Quadrantids in January. Like all meteor showers, the Aquarids are best viewed during the ...
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower peaked on May 6, delighting skywatchers with a spectacular cosmic light show as debris from Halley's Comet careened into Earth's atmosphere to form majestic 'shooting ...
The peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower is May 5-6, 2025. The best time to see the meteors is right before dawn, about 4-5 a.m. The full moon in May will arrive May 12. Early this morning ...
The Eta Aquarids get their name from the bright star Eta Aquarii in the constellation Aquarius, as the meteors appear to radiate from this point in the sky. These meteors are fast-moving and often ...
Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo.