Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Two meteor showers known for producing bright fireballs — ...

The Northern Hemisphere’s night skies are about to host some of the most dramatic "shooting stars" of the year as the Southern Taurid meteor shower comes to a peak — and delivers a “swarm” of ...

This November, the Taurid meteor shower is putting on one of its most spectacular shows. While many meteor showers have short-lived peaks, the Taurids are known for their long duration, with meteors ...

The northern and southern Taurid meteor showers will peak in November The southern Taurids are no different than the northern Taurids, except that they peak at a different time The Taurid meteor ...

A Taurid meteorite fireball descending in glowing aurora over Lake Simcoe on November 9, 2015. Fireballs may be making appearances all over the U.S. sky tonight. The Southern Taurid meteor shower is ...

Skygazers, get ready for an active night sky this week and next. Following the supermoon last week, we've also got three annual meteor showers happening right now: the Northern Taurids, which peaks ...

The Northern Taurids Meteor Shower is active from October 20th to December 10th but the shower will peak Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. The Northern Taurid Meteor Shower is active from Oct. 20 ...

The Northern Taurid meteor shower 2025 will peak tonight, Nov. 11-12 with shooting stars and bright golden fireballs streaking across the sky — for two nights — against the darkness of a Waning ...

Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN will be visible in tonight's Halloween sky amid a waxing gibbous moon phase with shooting stars and zooming meteors from the Taurid meteor showers throughout the weekend — ...