The particles that eventually go on to produce Perseid meteor trails are all travelling in parallel orbits through space. When they enter Earth’s atmosphere, a perspective effect makes it look ...

Aim roughly two-thirds up the sky. Any direction works but pointing northeast delivers short meteor trails pointing back to the Perseid radiant. Longest trails appear roughly southeast or ...

Don’t settle to watch meteor showers, eclipses, and more from a light-polluted park nearby. Make a trip to these protected dark sky backpacking trails and have the clearest night skies all to ...

Leonids often has fast, bright meteors that leave a trail, which may be the only way to differentiate a Leonids meteor from the other three showers. Geminids is one of the biggest meteor showers ...