With up to 60 meteors per hour under perfect conditions during the peak night, the Eta Aquariids are considered a strong meteor shower, but only when viewed from the tropics and south of the equator.

The Aquarids – sometimes spelled as "Aquariids" – first became active April 19 and are due to peak between May 5 and May 6.

Noctilucent clouds, Earth's highest clouds, shine blue in the twilight sky from late May to August in the northern hemisphere ...

While the meteor shower's peak will likely produce the highest rate of shooting stars, Perseid meteors have ... Denise Chow is a science and space reporter for NBC News.

The Draconids are one of the most variable meteor showers of the year, with Nasa noting that in exceptional circumstances it can produce up to 10,000 shooting stars per hour. The US space agency ...

Like meteors, space junk travels at vast speeds as it travels through the atmosphere and it begins burning up spectacularly. Also like meteors, you can see colours indicative of the materials burning ...

When these fast-moving space rocks enter Earth’s atmosphere ... leaving behind a fiery tail — the end of a “shooting star.” You don’t need special equipment to see the various meteor ...