The new year will kick off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is set to peak early on Friday. The Quadrantids have the potential of 200 meteors an hour under perfect conditions, but most ...

The first meteor shower of the New Year also has the potential to be one of the year's best – if the weather cooperates. But astronomers lament that the Quadrantid meteors tend to fall short of ...

Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Speeding towards Earth, meteors from the Geminid meteor shower streak across the sky above the ... [+] Nicholas U. Mayall 4 ...

(CNN) — The new year kicks off with the peak of the Quadrantids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year, according to NASA. But keep your eyes peeled because with a peak only lasting ...