Category : Space Sciences

Illustration of a bright meteor streaking across a starry sky above a dark tree-lined hill with a thin crescent Moon.

The Taurid Meteor Shower: Why November Brings Fireballs

Every autumn, Earth spends weeks ploughing through a wide, thin cloud of debris left by a small comet. Most of the meteors are faint and few, but now and then a bigger chunk lights up as a bright fireball. That’s the Taurid meteor shower. It’s never a dense shower, but it’s one of the best chances all year to see a fireball, and in 2026 both of its peaks fall on nights with little moonlight. Taurid meteor shower 2026: dates […]