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Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.
The best time to view the Lyrids is when Lyra, the Northern Hemisphere constellation from which the meteors appear to radiate ...
The Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak this week and will see nearly 20 shooting stars an hour light up the night sky - ...
Serving nine UC campuses and two national laboratories, Lick Observatory continues to be at the forefront of groundbreaking ...
The Earth eclipses the moon in this time-lapsed view from Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander. Credit: Firefly Aerospace ...
Perhaps the best known of all comets is Halley, correctly pronounced so that it rhymes with rally, not daily. It is named after the 17th-18th century astronomer Edmond Halley. This ...
"Most people just dismiss partial eclipses. But I wanted to go to this partial eclipse to try to get the corona — and I did it! This has opened the door to new dreams and challenges." ...
The pre-dawn sky on April 25 will see a conjunction of Venus, Saturn and a waning crescent moon, which will resemble a ...
The Bandwagon-3 mission marked the third flight of the first-stage booster, which previously launched O3b mPOWER-E and Crew-10 to orbit. Following stage separation, the first stage returned intact ...
The European Space Agency (ESA)'s Solar Orbiter mission has obtained a stunning high-res image of the sun's upper atmosphere.
NASA officials say the ISS has entered its most dangerous phase. Cracks have persisted for years, with air leaks occasionally ...