Since early spring, the constellation Bootes the Herdsman has graced our Pottsville night skies, but now it’s well into its gradual farewell in the western heavens. The correct pronunciation is ...

The Quadrantid meteor showers are set to peak Jan. 3 and Jan. 4, and NASA and the American Meteor Society say it could be the strongest meteor shower of 2024. The AMS says an average of 25 meteors per ...

Up to 120 shooting stars per hour could be visible during a brief peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower — the year's first meteor shower, coming to North America Jan. 3 and 4. When you purchase through ...

WASHINGTON — Stargazers this week have a short window to see the peak of the first meteor shower of 2024. The Quadrantids meteor shower, considered among the top annual meteor showers, peaks between ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year also has the potential to be one of the year's best – if the weather cooperates. But astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

Want to start the new year with a little stargazing? You don't have long to wait. The Quadrantids meteor shower will peak this week. Here's how you can watch in Florida. The Quadrantids are considered ...

June’s night skies provide excellent opportunities to discover a slice of the evening sky that is largely unsung, unheralded and usually ignored. Daniel Zantzinger / Skywatcher’s Guide When, for ...

Shannon Silverman, an astrophysicist at the Clay Center in Charleston West Virginia, guides us through the cosmos above West Virginia. In episode 6, she tells us about some summer constellations.

What better way is there to welcome 2025 than wishing upon a star? How about 200 stars? Stargazers can ring in the new year by witnessing the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of the year.

Since early spring, the constellation Bootes the Herdsman has graced our night skies, but now it’s well into its gradual farewell in the western heavens. I’ve heard Bootes pronounced many different ...