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This week is also expected to bring shooting stars as Earth passes through streams of comet dust behind one of the planet's annual meteor showers. The Lyrids meteor shower is one of the oldest ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Get ready to put a smile on your face and have the sky smile back when the planets align over New York City this week. Venus, Saturn and the crescent moon will gather in the d ...

Video shows lava spurt into the Sicilian sky for the 10th episode of Strombolian activity in six weeks as Europe's tallest and most active volcano Mount Etna erupts again. Pentagon considers ...

This week marks Dark Sky Week in Scotland and across the globe. Between April 21 and 28, people are encouraged to turn off their lights and observe the beauty of the night sky without light pollution.

A bright green ball of fire that caused a sonic boom and lit up the Queensland night sky overnight was most likely a meteor, says an astrophysicist. Experts say it coincided with the Lyrids meteor ...

STORY: :: Mount Etna erupts, lighting up the night sky with red-hot lava in Italy :: April 22, 2025 Etna put on a show as red-hot lava could be seen, and heard, spilling out of Europe's most active ...

Dominic Mysterio won the Intercontinental Championship while Iyo Sky defended her Women's World Championship against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in the first match of the night. In the Sin City ...

The radiant of the Lyrid meteor shower is shown in the northeast sky in this simulation of the night for April 21-22, 2025. Credit: Stellarium/Scott Sutherland The number of Lyrids is fairly ...