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 ...

Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the first meteor shower of the year, reported by ABC News. The Quadrantids, one of the “strongest” displays of the year, are expected ...

The new year will kick off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is set to peak early on Friday. The Quadrantids have the potential of 200 meteors an hour under perfect conditions, but most ...

In this Dec. 14, 2023 photo provided by NOIRLab, meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streak across the sky above the Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO), a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday, it will be the year’s first chance to see fireballs in the sky. A waning crescent moon means good visibility under clear ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year also has the potential to be one of the year's best – if the weather cooperates. But astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

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At greatest activity, 60 to 120 meteors per hour should be seen during the 2025 Quadrantid meteor shower. However, the Quadrantid influx is sharply peaked: six hours before and after maximum ...

If you're a stargazer, then you're in for a great start to 2025 – with not one, but two events in the first month of the year. A Quadrantid meteor shower is expected at the beginning of January, and a ...

The new year will kick off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is set to peak early on Friday. The Quadrantids have the potential of 200 meteors an hour under perfect conditions, but most ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The closest meteor shower to the winter holiday season, the Ursids, comes hot on the heels of the Geminid meteor shower in late ...