An enormous asteroid potentially larger than the Washington Monument is due to zip past our planet today. The asteroid, named ...

Here's what to know about the Quadrantids and other meteor showers. As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids.

Most meteor showers originate from the debris of comets, but a few — including the Geminids — result from the debris of asteroids. The Geminids come from the sun-orbiting asteroid 3200 Phaethon.

The year will kick off with a six-planet parade in January that will be visible for weeks. Eclipses and supermoons also are ...

View of planet Earth during a meteor shower. There's still time to catch the dazzling Quadrantids meteor shower! The ...

Key highlights include the Venus and Moon conjunction, Quadrantid meteor shower peak, a Saturn-Moon occultation, Earth at perihelion, Venus elongation, the full Wolf Moon, Mars at opposition ...

That doesn't mean the cosmic display – one of the few meteor showers to be caused by debris from an asteroid instead of a comet – isn't worth seeking out. Stargazers could be treated to a host ...

The Quadrantids originate from asteroid 2003 EH1, unlike most meteor showers, which originate from comets, according to NASA. Asteroid 2003 EH1 takes about 5.52 years to orbit the Sun and could be ...

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WASHINGTON — When the Quadrantid meteor shower peaks on Friday ... a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Quadrantids is debris ...