Each November, Earth hurtles through a dust cloud left in the inner solar system. The result is the Leonid meteor shower, one of the most famous of the year, which occasionally evolves into “meteor ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Summer’s “shooting stars” season gets underway this week ...

The tradition of making a wish when you see a shooting star has deep roots in popular culture and the spiritual beliefs of various civilizations. Throughout history, stars have been seen not only as ...

A June 24 Instagram post (direct link, archive link) shows an image of a body of water and what looks like a shooting star going up from the horizon. “This has NEVER happened,” the text onscreen reads ...