All news on the topic: Meteors

Worried shoppers said the pothole near the store's entrance has been there for well 'over a year' despite complaints - and described it to be 'more like a meteor strike than a pothole'

Dan Charlton, from Wakefield, believes he may have found a meteorite in the street by his home after seeing a "green flame" in the sky the night before which made a "whoosh" sound

Beautiful images show a teal sky over Portugal and Spain, as a meteor turned the nightly darkness into a bright blue light - a very unusual sight

Up to 50 'shooting stars' per hour may be seen in the skies as the Eta Aquariid meteor shower peaks this Sunday and Monday - and this year, no major moonlight will interfere with visibility

The annual Eta Aquariid meteor shower is set to light up UK skies with multiple shooting stars this weekend - here is where and when you can expect to get the best view

The comet 12P/Pons-Brooks is due to return to UK skies tonight and will next be seen in the year 2095 - astronomers have dubbed it the Mother of Dragons

The Lyrid meteor shower has been wowing observers for thousands of years and it is due to kick off soon with stargazers predicting as many as 18 meteors per hour

Millions of people watched the solar eclipse on Monday over north America, with the next full cosmic event due to take place in three years' time over parts of Europe

While many missed out on witnessing the solar eclipse - there's plenty more in store for keen star-gazers or bussing astronomers and astronauts to look out for this year

Alejandro Otero claims a metal object believed to have come from the International Space Station 'almost hit his son' after crashing through the roof of his Florida home and tearing a hole in the ceiling

Stuart Armour has told how he and his son spotted the strange light in the sky above Kilmarnock town centre and captured it on his car's dashcam - without any idea of what it could be

A "fireball meteor" was seen jetting over eastern England this evening, including Norfolk, Lincolnshire and Yorkshire, with Brits taking to social media as they reported seeing a "green" blur

People ran from their homes in the Berwyn Mountains of Wales believing they had been hit by an earthquake - but they became witnesses to an incident which became known as the Welsh Roswell instead

A video of a fiery, triangular object soaring through the sky has gone viral as people debate whether the object was a UFO. Eventually, it was revealed what the object actually was in Charlotte, North Carolina

The Quadrantid Meteor Shower is one of the best displays of the year and will peak in the skies over the UK this week with stargazers having the chance to see two "shooting stars" every minute

The Quadtrantids is a meteor shower that peaks in the first few days of January, and will be most visible this year between the evening of January 3 and the early morning of January 4

Brit stargazers can find out when they will be able see the stunning Ursid shower where up to 10 meteors an hour can be seen streaking through the night sky before Christmas

Vladimir Putin's lead commander of strategic forces has warned the West that Russia is constantly in a state of "high readiness to perform tasks" referring to the country's nuclear capabilities

While the Northern Lights are seldom seen from the UK, tonight, Brits will have the opportunity to see something just as special, as the Geminids meteor shower flies over the sky

Brits can find out if they are in a good location to see the dazzling "Christmas lights" Geminids meteor shower with the shooting star show reaching its peak this week

The shower will see up to 150 meteors per hour streaking across the night sky and will peak on Thursday - it is said to be one of the most impressive of the year

A Harvard professor attracted outrage and ridicule when he claimed a number of tiny spherules found in the Pacific were in fact from an interstellar system

The Leonid meteor shower, one of the bigger annual meteor showers in the sky, will happen just after midnight on Saturday until dawn in the early hours of Sunday

The Met Office cloud forecast has revealed the areas that have the best and worst chances of viewing the magnificant Leonid meteor shower on November 17 and 18

A stunning display of meteors will light up the sky this week as the Leonid meteor shower will make its annual return into the weekend - we explain how you can watch it