One of the toughest yet most rewarding annual display of "shooting stars" peaks overnight on Jan. 3-4, 2026 — here’s how to ...

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Far from being shooting stars, meteors are tiny fragments of cosmic debris that ignite as they enter Earth’s atmosphere, a ...

October 2025 is a month of meteor showers. In fact, while the Draconids will continue today and tomorrow, the Orionids will shine their strongest in about two weeks or so. Though the first tends to be ...