As shooting stars blaze across the sky, at roughly 62 miles (100 km) altitude, they leave behind a trail of atoms and molecules. Sometimes you can see shooting stars with distinct colors ...

The Geminid display delivers up to 120 shooting stars per hour. Accessibility links. Skip to main content; ... then we can see a bright color and different colors in these meteors.

The Quadrantid meteor shower — one of the best annual meteor showers — will be peaking overnight from Thursday to Friday, producing "fireball" brightness and up to 120 shooting stars per hour.

This shooting star made its appearance in Ontario, Canada. "I was driving home with my wife when this amazing shooting star captured her attention first, then mine.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Don’t miss the chance to make a wish on a shooting star this month. Meteor showers will bring spectacular light shows in August as two of the celestial events will be ...

French says the best time to get a shot at seeing the lights and shooting stars is after midnight. “Just get into a dark area, ya know, get away from bright city lights,” continued French.