On an average clear enough night at any time of the year and without any light pollution, you might see a shooting star across the sky, but at this precise time of this month, there are more ...

April is bringing shooting stars 🌠💫 The Lyrid meteor shower is set to light up the night! Peaking on April 22–23, the Lyrids offer a celestial spectacle with up to 20 meteors per hour.

Its name comes from the Lyra constellation, where they appear to originate from in the sky, even though in reality they have nothing to do with the distant stars. The Lyrids passing London’s ...

While many meteors, or “shooting stars,” can be seen per hour on any given night, a meteor shower occurs when this number increases substantially. Described by the American Meteor Society as being of ...

Wednesday’s shooting was the 45th homicide reported in Kansas City in 2025, according to data collected by The Star. At this time last year, 46 homicides had been reported in the city ...

Astronomers have spotted an immensely powerful "zombie star" shooting through the Milky Way at more than 110,000 mph (177,000 km/h). The stellar cannonball, which has a magnetic field capable of ...

Whenever the Earth moves through the trail of Comet C/1861 G1, a number of these pieces of debris fall into the atmosphere and burn up to create 'shooting stars' – a glowing, short-lived streak ...

Astronomers found a fast-moving 'zombie star' in the Milky Way. This magnetar, named SGR 0501+4516, has a strong magnetic field. It travels at 110,000 mph. Discovered in 2008, it's 15,000 light ...

Primula refers to Shooting Stars being among the “very first” spring flowers. Pauciflora is derived from the Latin paucus, ...