What to know about the Perseids and when to view the 2025 meteor shower
The Perseids meteor shower begins this week and is expected to offer one of the best astronomy shows of 2025.
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The Perseids meteor shower begins this week and is expected to offer one of the best astronomy shows of 2025.
During the peak of the Lyrid meteor shower, 10 to 20 meteors could be seen per hour, NASA says.
One of the best meteor showers of the year is about to peak. Here's how to watch and where you can catch the Geminids.
The Perseid meteor shower peaked in the night skies of Sunday into Monday, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they looked to the skies.
Two meteor showers are expected to flash across night skies around the same time this week.
The full moon, also known as the Thunder Moon, will last three days, peaking on Sunday morning.
People across the eastern U.S. and in parts of Canada saw a dazzling light show on Wednesday night, as a fireball entered the atmosphere and burned up.
The Leonid meteor showers are fast – streaking by at 44 miles per second, according to NASA. Still, some stargazers can see them at their peak this week.
The Orionids are known for their brightness and speed, traveling at about 41 miles per second.
About 50 to 100 meteors from the Perseids can be seen per hour under ideal conditions, according to NASA.
KPIX science editor Brian Hackney has some simple advice for viewing the year's most reliable meteor shower. (8-12-23)
One of the most highly anticipated annual meteor showers will be especially visible this weekend, if you know where in the Bay Area to try to watch the Perseids as they peak.
"Amateur and professional astronomers around the world have been tracking its spectacular disintegration for years," NASA said.
North Americans have the best chance of seeing the tau Herculid shower, with NASA recommending the best time to look up at around midnight in Texas.
The Leonid meteor shower will peak from Monday night into Tuesday morning. If conditions are right, it could be a stellar cosmic show.
The sky is putting on a show as Earth Day dawns. The Lyrid meteor shower will be at its peak just before dawn Sunday.
The Geminids meteor shower hits its peak on Tuesday, but a full moon will outshine the celestial show this year.
The Leonids shower could produce several displays of activity with up to 15 meteors per hour.
The typically tepid Taurid meteor shower is coming on strong this week with a swarm of fireballs expected.
The annual Orionid Meteor Shower is going to be putting on quite a show Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.
A meteor was caught on camera exploding in the atmosphere over Bangkok, Thailand by several dashcams Monday.
People looking for a shooting star to wish upon may find Wednesday overnight to be a dream come true.
Skywatchers are in for a rare treat this Friday as a Blue Moon takes center stage for a show that happens once every three years.
Halley's Comet may be on the other side of the solar system, but debris from its trail hit Earth every May as the planet passes through its orbit, and the best viewing of the "Eta Aquarid" meteor shower will be just before dawn on Wednesday May 6th, 2015.
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A Monterey County man is suspected of killing his wife before he called 911, saying she was bleeding and he didn't know what happened, authorities said on Saturday.
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Akshay Bhatia goes into the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a two-shot lead.
Chanting and carrying signs that read "Love Your Neighbor," several hundred people marched roughly a mile through Concord's Monument neighborhood on Valentine's Day, delivering a message organizers said was simple: love over hate.
Some people decided to look for love in an unconventional place this Valentine's Day. More than 200 people boarded BART's "Valentraine" with the hope of making more than a train connection.
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On Friday, local officials gathered in Walnut Creek to support legislation that would require registration of Class 2 and 3 e-bikes, to hold dangerous riders accountable.
The Bay Area Black Comedy Competition has returned to Oakland, bringing comedians from across the country to the historic Henry J. Kaiser Center for the Arts, where this year's winner will be crowned Sunday in the Calvin Simmons Theatre.
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Several people were injured after a driver plowed into a grocery store in Santa Rosa on Friday, authorities said.
A Sonoma County man has been arrested on multiple weapons charges after police seized more than 150 firearms from two homes as part of an investigation into the illegal manufacturing of guns.
One of the suggestions is the complete renovation of the Canal District shoreline, removing about 550 existing homes and raising the land high enough to safely redevelop on top of it. It is projected to cost nearly $2 billion.
A bank employee was among three people arrested in a series of armed home invasion robberies in Marin County of people who had withdrawn large amounts of cash, authorities said.
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Bay Area rap legend and entrepreneur E-40 announced Friday that he has joined the ownership group of the Oakland Roots and Soul Sports Club.
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The San Mateo County Sheriff's Office said they were searching the area for someone who was connected to a previous incident. Around 10:30 a.m., the person was taken into custody.
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Health officials in the East Bay said a man has died from consuming toxic wild mushrooms, amid an ongoing spike in mushroom-related poisonings throughout California.
Health officials in Napa County confirmed Wednesday that a child has been diagnosed with measles in the county's first case in nearly 15 years.
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It's the second time in as many weeks that government funding has lapsed as Democrats and the White House remain at an impasse over immigration enforcement policies.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken his anti-Trump routine to Europe.
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