While most meteor showers originate from comets, the Quadrantids come from asteroid 2003 EH1 — a small asteroid that was ...

The Quadrantids are considered by NASA as one of the best annual meteor showers, though activity is often unseen because of ...

the Quadrantid meteor shower doesn't originate from a comet, but from an asteroid. For many years, the origin of the Quadrantids remained unknown. Though the Quadrantids were first seen in 1825 ...

Quadrantids meteor shower is hitting peak visibility for Southern California on Friday night heading into Saturday morning, from roughly midnight to 5:30 a.m., possibly 6 a.m.

The New Year kicks off with Quadrantids, which is finishing its peak this week, but runs until Jan. 16. After that, aside from the occasional couple weeks here and there, there is a named meteor ...

The Quadrantids are one of the strongest showers of the year, astronomers say. Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the first meteor shower of the year. The Quadrantids ...

It’s rounding out those festivities with the Quadrantids, the first meteor shower of 2025. Bright fireballs from the shower, which is one of the few to be caused by debris from an asteroid ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower is happening now and its peak, when it can produce up to 200 shooting stars an hour, is just around the corner. According to the American Meteor Society, the ...

The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours, when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of ...

Viewing lasts until Jan. 16. Here's what to know about the Quadrantids and other meteor showers. What is a meteor shower? As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris ...

But the Quadrantids “take their name from a constellation ... taken during a 2011 Perseid Meteor Shower. When a meteor enters Earth’s atmosphere, it starts to burn up — a phenomenon known ...

But the Quadrantids “take their name from a constellation ... The best time to watch a meteor shower is in the early predawn hours, when the moon is low in the sky. Competing sources of light ...