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Meteors

444 entries from July 9, 1995 to September 26, 2026. Entries that mention meteors, fireballs or meteor showers.

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A large, segmented telescope mirror is seen against the night sky along with the Milky Way and a bright meteor.

September 26, 2026

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2026 (11)

Sep 26 Mirrored Meteor and Milky Way
Aug 22 Mostly Perseids
Aug 19 The Case of the Mysterious Maybe Meteor Video
Aug 18 Perseids from Perseus
Aug 15 Bright Perseids from Sweden
Aug 12 Perseids over a Little Planet
Aug 9 Contemplating the Sun
Aug 3 Vaporizing Meteor Photobombs the Lacerta Nebula
Jul 29 Psyche Receives Gravity Assist from Mars Video
Jan 12 Meteor Dust
Jan 3 Full Moonlight

2025 (19)

Dec 18 Jupiter and the Meteors from Gemini
Dec 15 Gemini Meteors over Snow Capped Mountains
Dec 13 Orion and the Ocean of Storms
Dec 12 Northern Fox Fires
Nov 14 Florida Northern Lights
Oct 27 Two Tails of Comet Lemmon
Aug 25 The Meteor and the Star Cluster
Aug 21 Mostly Perseids
Aug 20 Perseid Meteors from Durdle Door
Aug 16 A Cool GIF of a 2025 Perseid
Aug 15 Moonlight, Planets, and Perseids
Aug 12 Perseids from Perseus
Aug 6 Meteor before Galaxy
Aug 3 Milky Way and Exploding Meteor
Aug 2 Fireflies, Meteors, and Milky Way
Jul 25 Twelve Years of Kappa Cygnids
Jul 23 Fireball over Cape San Blas
Jun 14 Meteors and Satellite Trails over the Limay River
Jan 8 Supernova Remnants Big and Small

2024 (21)

Dec 15 Geminid Meteors over a Snowy Forest
Dec 13 M51: Tidal Streams and H-alpha Cliffs
Dec 12 Phaethon's Brood
Dec 10 The Great Meteor Storm of 1833
Dec 6 Xuyi Station and the Fireball
Nov 27 The Meteor and the Comet
Aug 26 Perseid Meteors Over Inner Mongolia Video
Aug 17 Sky Full of Arcs
Aug 16 Meteor Borealis
Aug 15 Late Night Vallentuna
Aug 14 Meteors and Aurora over Germany
Aug 13 Giant Jet from the International Space Station
Aug 12 Perseid Meteors over Stonehenge
Aug 11 Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower Video
Aug 10 The Light, Dark, and Dusty Trifid
Aug 9 A Perseid Below
Aug 8 Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle
Aug 5 Milky Way Over Tunisia
Jul 14 Meteor Misses Galaxy
Feb 17 Meteor over the Bay of Naples
Jan 11 Quadrantids of the North

2023 (19)

Dec 28 Jupiter and the Geminid
Dec 17 Geminids over China's Nianhu Lake
Dec 9 Pic du Pleiades
Nov 17 Nightlights in Qeqertaq
Oct 26 Orionids in Taurus
Sep 16 Fireball over Iceland
Sep 9 Comet Nishimura Grows
Aug 24 Meteors along the Milky Way
Aug 23 The Meteor and the Galaxy
Aug 17 A Cosmic Zoo in Cepheus
Aug 16 Arp 93: A Cosmic Embrace
Aug 12 Ghirigori – Star Scribbles
Aug 11 Messier 51 in 255 Hours
Aug 9 Meteor Shower: Perseids from Perseus
Jul 24 Chemicals Glow as a Meteor Disintegrates
Jul 16 Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
Jun 30 Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
May 12 Halley Dust, Mars Dust, and Milky Way
Feb 17 2023 CX1 Meteor Flash

2022 (14)

Dec 25 Geminids and the Mittens
Dec 16 The Geminid
Nov 28 Leonid Meteors Through Orion
Oct 28 Seven Years of Halley Dust
Aug 23 Meteor & Milky Way over the Mediterranean
Aug 18 Full Moon Perseids
Aug 16 A Meteor Wind over Tunisia
Aug 11 Perseids and MAGIC
Aug 7 Meteor before Galaxy
Jun 4 Tau Herculids from Space
Jun 1 Tau Herculid Meteors over Kitt Peak Telescopes
May 24 A Deep Sky Behind an Eclipsed Moon
Apr 28 Lyrid of the Lake
Jan 8 Quadrantids of the North

2021 (22)

Dec 20 The Comet and the Fireball
Dec 17 Geminid of the North
Dec 16 Geminids of the South
Dec 13 Meteors and Auroras over Iceland
Nov 16 Geminids from Gemini
Oct 12 Fireball over Lake Louise
Sep 28 Night of the Perseids Video
Sep 24 Perseid Outburst at Westmeath Lookout
Aug 29 Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Aug 20 Three Perseid Nights
Aug 19 Bright Meteor, Starry Sky
Aug 16 Perseid Meteor, Red Sprites, and Nova RS Ophiuchus
Aug 15 Perseid Rain
Aug 14 Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
Aug 13 A Perfect Spiral
Aug 11 Mammatus Clouds over Saskatchewan
Aug 9 Perseus and the Lost Meteors
Aug 8 A Perseid Below
Aug 3 A Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way
May 12 A Meteor and the Gegenschein
Mar 15 Meteor Fireballs in Light and Sound Video
Feb 2 A Colorful Quadrantid Meteor

2020 (20)

Dec 31 Trail of the Returner
Dec 17 Gemini's Meteors
Dec 16 Sonified: The Matter of the Bullet Cluster Video
Dec 13 Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory
Nov 21 Mars and Meteor over Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
Nov 14 Venus, Mercury, and the Waning Moon
Oct 21 A Night Sky Vista from Sardinia
Sep 12 A Thousand Meteors Video
Sep 7 The Milky Way over St Michael's Mount
Aug 17 Perseids Around the Milky Way
Aug 16 NGC 6814: Grand Design Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
Aug 15 Mars at the Moon's Edge
Aug 11 Churning Clouds on Jupiter
Aug 10 Perseids from Perseus
Jul 23 Fairytale NEOWISE
May 14 Comet Halley vs Comet SWAN
May 12 Lyrid Meteors from the Constellation Lyra
Apr 23 Lyrid Meteor Streak
Jan 20 Quadrantid Meteors through Orion
Jan 3 Quadrantids over the Great Wall

2019 (16)

Dec 13 Full Moon Geminids
Dec 8 Geminid Meteors over Chile
Oct 10 Mid-Air Meteor and Milky Way
Aug 15 The Perseids and the Plough
Aug 12 Perseid Meteors over Slovakia
Aug 10 M16 Close Up
Aug 9 Atlas at Dawn
Aug 8 Curiosity at Teal Ridge
May 27 A Volcano of Fire under a Milky Way of Stars
May 10 Halley Dust and Milky Way
Apr 30 Meteor Misses Galaxy
Apr 23 Meteors, Comet, and Big Dipper over La Palma
Jan 24 Matterhorn, Moon, and Meteor
Jan 14 Meteor and Milky Way over the Alps
Jan 9 Quadrantids
Jan 7 Stars, Meteors, and a Comet in Taurus

2018 (25)

Dec 22 A Cold December Night
Dec 19 A Rainbow Geminid Meteor
Dec 15 Geminids and Friends
Dec 13 3D Bennu
Dec 9 Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
Dec 5 Highlights of the North Winter Sky
Nov 23 Good Morning Leonid
Nov 17 The Tarantula Nebula
Nov 16 The Hill, The Moon, and Saturn
Oct 30 Orionids Meteors over Inner Mongolia
Oct 21 Meteor, Comet, and Seagull (Nebula)
Oct 8 Comet 21P Between Rosette and Cone Nebulas
Sep 25 Highlights of the North Autumn Sky
Sep 22 Window Seat over Hudson Bay
Sep 15 Mont Blanc, Meteor, and Milky Way
Sep 8 Real Time Perseid
Aug 23 Comet, Heart and Soul
Aug 17 Perseid Fireball and Persistent Train
Aug 16 Parker vs Perseid
Aug 13 The Pencil Nebula in Red and Blue
Aug 12 Meteor before Galaxy
Aug 8 Animation: Perseid Meteor Shower Video
Jun 27 Highlights of the Summer Sky
May 6 Meteors, Planes, and a Galaxy over Bryce Canyon
Apr 22 Meteor Over Crater Lake

2017 (19)

2016 (15)

Dec 16 Meteors vs Supermoon
Dec 13 Meteors over Four Girls Mountain
Sep 5 Spiral Meteor through the Heart Nebula
Aug 23 Gigantic Jet Lightning over China
Aug 20 Gamma-rays and Comet Dust
Aug 19 Perseid Fireball at Sunset Crater
Aug 18 Perseid Night at Yosemite
Aug 17 Meteor before Galaxy
Aug 16 Five Planets and the Moon over Australia
Aug 15 Human as Spaceship
Aug 13 Perseid from Torralba del Burgo
Aug 12 The Easterbunny Comes to NGC 4725
Aug 11 Perseid, Aurora, and Noctilucent Clouds
Aug 8 Perseid Meteors over Mount Shasta
Aug 2 A Rocket Booster Falls Back to Earth Video

2015 (13)

Dec 23 Geminid Meteors over Xinglong Observatory
Dec 17 Geminids of the South
Dec 13 When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
Nov 20 Leonids and Friends
Nov 16 A Blazing Fireball between the Orion Nebula and Rigel
Nov 15 Leonids Over Monument Valley
Nov 12 Kenya Morning Moon, Planets, and Taurid
Sep 2 The Flare and the Galaxy
Aug 25 Meteors and Milky Way over Mount Rainier
Aug 14 Comet Dust over Enchanted Rock
Aug 13 Moonless Meteors and the Milky Way
Aug 12 Milky Way and Exploding Meteor
Apr 23 Meteor in the Milky Way

2014 (14)

Dec 27 The Winter Shower
Dec 17 Geminid Fireball over Mount Balang
Dec 13 The Infrared Visible Andromeda
Dec 11 Moondog Night
Dec 7 Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
Nov 16 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
Aug 15 Perseid in Moonlight
Aug 10 A Perseid Below
May 25 Camelopardalids and ISS
May 19 Meteors, Planes, and a Galaxy over Bryce Canyon
May 9 Halley Dust and Milky Way
May 2 That Night over Half Dome
Apr 24 Lyrids in Southern Skies
Feb 12 Rocket, Meteor, and Milky Way over Thailand

2013 (17)

Dec 23 Geminid Meteors over Chile
Dec 17 Geminid Meteors over Teide Volcano
Dec 13 Geminid Meteor Shower over Dashanbao Wetlands
Dec 12 Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka
Sep 30 Mysterious Green Patches on the Sky Video
Aug 21 Perseid Meteors Over China
Aug 13 Perseid Meteors Over Ontario
Aug 12 Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Asteroids
Aug 11 M74: The Perfect Spiral
Aug 10 Perseids over Meteora
Aug 9 Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle
Aug 7 Meteors and Aurorae over Iceland
Jun 27 Noctilucent Clouds over Moscow
Jun 15 Delphinid Meteor Mystery
Mar 2 Miass River Sunrise
Feb 23 Chelyabinsk Meteor Flash
Feb 9 The Great Meteor Procession of 1913

2012 (13)

Dec 15 When Gemini Sends Stars to Paranal
Dec 13 Apollo 17: A Stereo View from Lunar Orbit
Nov 22 Night of the Long Leonid
Nov 19 Leonids Over Monument Valley
Nov 12 Meteor and Moonbow over Wallaman Falls
Oct 5 Aurora and Fireball Over Norway
Aug 25 Perseid over Albrechtsberg Castle
Aug 14 Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way
Aug 12 Spiral Galaxy NGC 4038 in Collision
Aug 10 Perseid Below
Apr 28 Sutter's Mill Meteorite
Apr 25 Meteor Over Crater Lake
Jan 8 Lighthouse and Meteor

2011 (10)

Dec 19 A Geminid Meteor Over Iran
Dec 11 Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica
Nov 22 Leonid Fireball over Tenerife
Oct 19 Draconid Meteors Over Spain
Oct 2 Tunguska: The Largest Recent Impact Event
Aug 17 Perseid Below
Aug 13 Castle and Meteor by Moonlight
Aug 11 The Snows of Paranal
Jan 23 Peekskill Fireball Video: Johnstown Video
Jan 14 Quadrantids over Qumis

2010 (16)

Dec 24 Star Trails in the North
Dec 17 A Meteor Moment
Dec 16 Geminids over Kitt Peak
Dec 13 Contemplating the Sky
Dec 12 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
Dec 11 Meteor in the Desert Sky
Nov 17 Frosted Leaf Orion
Aug 21 Perseid Storm
Aug 18 Crescent Moon and Planets Over Portugal
Aug 16 Meteors Over Quebec
Aug 14 Night of the Perseids
Aug 12 Perseid Prelude
Jul 22 The Meteor of 1860
Jun 25 The Starry Night of Alamut
Jun 2 A Twisted Meteor Trail Over Tenerife
Jan 4 Comet Halley's Nucleus: An Orbiting Iceberg

2009 (15)

Dec 19 Aurora Shimmer, Meteor Flash
Dec 18 Southern Geminids
Dec 17 Mojave Desert Fireball
Dec 12 Geminid Meteor over Monument Valley
Nov 20 Meteor between the Clouds
Nov 19 Leonid over Mono Lake
Oct 15 Fireball Meteor Over Groningen
Aug 17 Perseids from Perseus
Aug 15 Meteor by Moonlight
Aug 14 Shuttle and Meteor
Aug 11 Inside Barringer Meteor Crater
May 11 Forty Thousand Meteor Origins Across the Sky
May 1 Lyrid Meteor and Milky Way
Mar 2 Earthgrazer: The Great Daylight Fireball of 1972
Jan 5 Comet and Meteor

2008 (10)

Nov 25 Fireball Over Edmonton Video
Oct 11 Bright Bolide
Sep 11 Mountain Top Meteors
Sep 7 Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica
Aug 16 Perseid over Vancouver
Aug 14 Perseid Trail
Aug 9 Aurora Persei
Jun 28 Fireball at Ayers Rock
Jan 7 Quadrantid Meteors and Aurora from the Air
Jan 3 Geminids in 2007

2007 (7)

Dec 21 Horizon to Horizon
Nov 14 Tunguska: The Largest Recent Impact Event
Oct 9 Aurora, Stars, Meteor, Lake, Alaska
Sep 5 Aurigids from 47,000 Feet
Aug 16 Moonless Perseid Sky
Aug 15 Mysterious Streaks Over Turkey
Aug 12 Raining Perseids

2006 (7)

Nov 21 A Leonid Meteor Over Sweden
Nov 19 The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite
Nov 18 Leonids and Leica
Oct 23 Orionid Meteors Over Turkey
Aug 19 Ceci n'est pas un Meteore
Aug 17 Comet Dust over Colorado
Aug 11 Perseid in the Light

2005 (8)

Nov 15 A Taurid Meteor Fireball
Aug 15 Perseid Meteors and the Milky Way
Aug 13 SNR 0103-72.6: Oxygen Supply
Aug 12 A Meteor Shower Fireball Movie
Aug 11 Young Suns of NGC 7129
Aug 6 Raining Perseids
Jul 24 A Chicago Meteorite Fall
Feb 2 A Twisted Meteor Train

2004 (10)

Dec 22 Comet, Meteor, Nebula, Star
Dec 7 A Strange Streak Imaged in Australia
Nov 23 Leonid Meteors Streak
Nov 17 Aurora Over Wisconsin
Nov 14 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
Aug 20 Raining Perseids
Aug 13 Perseid Fireball Over Japan
Aug 12 The Spectrum of a Meteor
Aug 11 A Perseid Meteor
Aug 8 Contemplating the Sky

2003 (8)

Nov 25 A Late Leonid from a Sparse Shower
Nov 18 Leonids Over Indian Cove
Nov 16 Leonids from Leo
Nov 13 Aurora Oklahoma
Oct 1 An Unusual Event Over South Wales
Aug 9 A Perseid Aurora
Aug 2 Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
May 6 A Chicago Meteorite Fall

2002 (18)

Dec 26 Searching for Meteorites in Antarctica
Dec 11 Meteors Between Stars and Clouds
Nov 27 Leonids and Leica
Nov 22 Full Moon, Lake, and Leonids Indeed
Nov 20 Leonids vs. The Moon
Nov 19 A Kitt Peak Leonid at 1026 UT
Nov 18 The Car, the Hole, and the Peekskill Meteorite
Nov 17 Leonids from Leo
Nov 16 Tempel-Tuttle: The Leonid Comet
Nov 7 2001 Leonids: Meteors in Perspective
Nov 5 Leonids Over Joshua Tree National Park
Oct 30 Leonids Over Uluru
Aug 23 Island Universe, Cosmic Sand
Aug 16 Rainbow Perseid
Aug 15 Meteors and Northern Lights
Aug 13 Contemplating the Sky
Aug 11 A Perseid Meteor
Aug 9 Fireworks and Shooting Stars

2001 (17)

Dec 12 Leonids Over Korean Observatory
Dec 8 Moon Struck
Dec 7 Mediterranean Leonid 2001
Dec 5 A Sky Filled with Leonids
Nov 30 Meteor Storm Sights and Sounds
Nov 26 Leonids From the Road
Nov 23 Counting Falling Stardust
Nov 22 Fireball, Smoke Trail, Meteor Storm
Nov 20 A Leonids Star Field
Nov 19 A 2001 Leonids Meteor Shower Fireball
Nov 18 A Leonid Meteor Explodes
Nov 17 Catching Falling Stardust
Nov 16 Leonid Watching
Nov 11 An Annotated Leonid
Nov 4 Leonids from Leo
Aug 10 Perseids of Summer
Jul 28 A Daytime Fireball in 1944

2000 (14)

1999 (14)

Dec 8 Moon Struck
Dec 2 1999 Leonid Fireball
Nov 24 A Leonids Meteor Storm in 1999
Nov 23 Leonids Above Torre de la Guaita
Nov 19 Mercury And The Sun
Nov 18 A Sirius Leonid Meteor
Nov 17 A Leonid Meteor Explodes
Nov 13 Tempel-Tuttle: The Leonid Comet
Nov 12 1998 Leonid Fireball
Oct 22 Iridium 52: Not A Meteor
Oct 6 Polaris: The North Star
Aug 11 A Meteor Over the Anza-Borrego Desert
Jul 11 Barringer Crater on Earth
Feb 19 On The Trail Of A Fireball

1998 (17)

Dec 29 A Geminid From Gemini
Dec 22 Dawn of the Leonids
Dec 8 Leonids from Leo
Nov 30 An Annotated Leonid
Nov 27 Twisting Meteor Train
Nov 26 Meteor Milky Way
Nov 25 A Leonid Bolide Over Kansas
Nov 24 Seven Leonids Over Wise Observatory
Nov 23 A Leonid Meteor Explodes
Nov 20 Green Fireball
Nov 19 Bright Leonids
Nov 16 Leonids 1998: A Safe Meteor Storm
Nov 13 A Leonid Fireball From 1966
Nov 9 WR124: Stellar Fireball
Nov 8 Leonid Meteor Shower Next Week
Aug 10 Meteors Now and Again
Jan 30 Tempel-Tuttle: The Leonid Comet

1997 (6)

Nov 17 Barringer Crater on Earth
Nov 16 The Leonid Meteor Shower
Sep 17 GRB Fireball Persists
Aug 20 Bright Meteor, Dark Sky
Aug 11 A Perseid Meteor
Jan 24 Supernova 1987a Fireball Resolved

1996 (7)

Nov 16 The Leonid Meteor Shower (Tonight)
Oct 21 Explanation:
Aug 9 The Perseid Meteor Shower
Jun 12 Vela Supernova Remnant in X-ray
Feb 26 Fireball!
Feb 19 Periodic Comet Swift-Tuttle
Jan 26 Quadrantids: Meteors in Perspective

1995 (2)

Sep 6 Callisto: Dark Smashed Iceball
Jul 9 A Meteoric View of Apollo 13

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