The Taurid meteor showers offer a yearly spectacle, making November a special month for both amateur stargazers and seasoned astronomers. With bright fireballs crossing the sky, the North Taurid Peak is a celestial event that captures the imagination and lights up the night sky.
The Draconid Meteor Shower 2024 is expected to peak on October 8, with around 10 meteors per hour. The best viewing time is suggested after sunset, as the moon will set a few hours later, minimizing light interference and allowing for clearer views of the meteor shower.
A dazzling blue meteor tore across the night sky over Spain and Portugal on Saturday evening, leaving onlookers awestruck. The fiery spectacle ignited a frenzy on social media, with dozens of videos capturing its blazing passage through the atmosphere.
Visuals of the lights traveling in the sky were reportedly seen from Nagpur in Maharashtra and Jhabua, Barwani districts in Madhya Pradesh.
Widely recognised as the best annual meteor shower a stargazer can see, the Geminids are occurring between December 4 to December 17, with the best nights for viewing on December 13 and 14, according to NASA.
These are called meteor showers and in general are caused by the earth's passage through the leftover debris of dust, left behind by different comets as they come near the Sun.
The Perseid meteor shower is often considered to be one of the best meteor showers of the year due to its high rates and pleasant late-summer temperatures. This year’s shower, however, has the unfortunate circumstance of the Moon phase—last quarter—impeding the view of the shower peak, reducing the visible meteors from over 60 per hour down to 15-20 per hour.
After 9 p.m. on Thursday i.e. December 13, you should be able to watch the best Geminid meteor showers to Earth ever and Google has made a Doodle just to make you aware of it.
Geminid Meteor Shower 2018: According to NASA, December is going to be the biggest month this time as it is bringing the strongest meteor shower of the year.
Sky gazers in Delhi and elsewhere in the country can watch Geminid meteor shower display from Wednesday night till the early hours of Dec 14.
The meteor shower promises to provide a spectacular celestial display, if clouds and light pollution do not play spoilsport.
The annual Geminid meteor shower has arrived and it will put on a dazzling show for skywatchers when it peaks overnight on December 13-14, NASA has said.
New Delhi,Apr 21: A celestial treat is in store for stargazers who can look forward to see fireworks in the form of meteor showers after midnight tonight.The shooting stars will start at 12.30 AM and
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