meteors

When most stargazers gave up on the Perseids after the peak of August 12th, a big display occurred two days later.

The Perseids are often one of the strongest and brightest meteor showers!

This week in Iowa, you might be lucky enough to catch THREE meteor showers, with two of them peaking on the same night! The Delta Aquariid are active from about July 12 to August 23 each year, peaking July 28-29. However, the moon will still be quite bright this week and it won’t be rising until after 10:30. We also hav...

The annual Geminid meteor shower is expected to peak on the night of December 13-14 (Sunday evening into Monday morning). But why might this year's Geminids be better than ever? 1.) We're very close to a new moon (12/14) 2.) This meteor shower is strengthening every year 3...

The annual Leonid meteor shower is active nearly the entire month of November, although the peak is expected tonight into early Tuesday morning. This shower happens as Earth crosses the path of Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle. This comet is ‘small’ in space terms, only around 2...