What's the difference? With shooting stars, you see a tiny little zip of light go across the night sky. It's always a pleasant sight, no matter how many you've witnessed over the years.

He then combined 43 individual exposures of shooting stars with a deep image of the background sky, where the central band of the Milky Way slashes toward the horizon. "The Perseids have been a ...

The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight Sunday and into the predawn hours Monday, giving skywatchers around the world a chance to enjoy one of the best shooting star displays of the year.

The Northern Taurids could send streaks of shooting stars into the night sky as it reaches peak activity on Monday and Tuesday, according to the American Meteorology Society. Every year from ...