A rock no bigger than a golf ball could have caused the recent lunar impact, according to the observatory. At an ultra-high ...

Researchers are keeping an eye on the building-sized asteroid 2024 YR4, which has a 4 percent chance of hitting the moon seven years from now.

The best time to hunt for Ursid meteors is from the evening of Dec. 21 straight through to dawn on Dec. 22. The shower's peak ...

The Ursid Meteor Shower is a subtle but reliable annual celestial event that occurs each December around the winter solstice.

The final meteor shower of 2025 peaks overnight from Sunday, Dec. 21, into Monday, Dec. 22, according to National Geographic.

The meteor shower will peak around the time of the winter solstice, or the official beginning of winter in the Northern ...

Sky watchers may be tempted out this weekend, when an underappreciated meteor shower will coincide with a new moon and the ...

Dust returned by China’s Chang’e-6 mission reveals rare, water-rich CI chondrite meteorite fragments—found on the Moon for ...

The last meteor shower of the year will soon sparkle across the West. The Ursid meteor shower is set to peak on one of the ...

The Ursids peak Sunday night into Monday morning and will be visible until Dec. 26 from the Northern Hemisphere. Skygazers ...

Although the Ursids are active from Dec. 13 through Dec. 26, the peak night coincides with the winter solstice, which occurs at 10:03 a.m. EST on Dec. 21. Though the two events are totally unrelated, ...

The Ursid meteor shower peaks on Sunday, Dec. 21, just after the solstice, with ideal viewing conditions and dark skies just ...