Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first meteor shower of the New Year always has the potential to be one of the year's best – but rarely rises to the occasion.

The shower will peak on Feb. 8, producing up to six meteors per hour. Occasionally, brief outbursts of 20 to 30 meteors per ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — The first meteor shower of the year may be obscured by the year's first supermoon — the wolf moon — in January skies this weekend. The Quadrantid meteor shower peaks Friday night ...

The Quadrantid meteor shower is an annual event in early January known for bright, fast meteors. Unlike most meteor showers which come from comets, the Quadrantids originate from an asteroid named ...

The Quadrantids are known for producing bright "fireball" meteors that can outshine the brightest planets When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year always has the potential to be one of the year's best – but rarely rises to the occasion. Astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...