The first and one of the most prolific meteor showers of 2025 will peak tonight, bringing super-bright fireballs and regular ...

The astronomical event, which overlaps with the Winter Solstice, is often overlooked because of the winter chill.

The Ursids originate from the bowl of the Little Dipper, also known as the Ursa Minor constellation, near the bright orange star called Kochab, Lunsford said. While the moon rises near midnight ...

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Another edge-on galaxy long studied by astronomers, the Cigar Galaxy or M82, in the constellation Ursa Major, produces 10 times as many stars as are born in the Milky Way galaxy. That's not the ...

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Their radiant, or point of origin in the sky, is from the constellation Ursa Minor, commonly known ... meaning fainter meteors will be obscured. The next major meteor shower, the Quadrantids ...

And it will be accompanied by a holiday light show from the Ursids, the last major meteor ... the Ursids appear near the Little Dipper, which is part of the constellation Ursa Minor.