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Viewing the Lyrids in 2026
This Stellarium illustration shows the location of the Lyrid radiant on the morning of April 22nd and the surrounding constellations.…
Tag Archive: 2026 Lyrids
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 18-24, 2026
Tobias Felber captured this brilliant multi-flaring fireball on November 11, 2025, at 02:16 CET (01:16 UT) from Glashütte, Sachsen, Germany.…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 11-17, 2026
Sandra Hunt captured this brilliant flaring fireball using a GoPro Hero 9 camera on nightlapse video mode on November 4, 2025, at…
Meteor Activity Outlook for April 4-10, 2026
Daniel Bush captured this fireball just above the horizon on November 5, 2025, at 01:13 CDT from Albany, Missouri, USA.…
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 28-April 3, 2026
Mark Kirschner captured this brilliant fireball using his AllSky Camera System on November 1, 2025, at 20:29 EDT (00:29 UT on…
Has Something Changed in the Near-Earth Meteoroid Environment?
Yesterday I spent the day working with Claude AI (Opus 4.5) to dig into the AMS fireball database going back…
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 21-27, 2026
Cullen Brown captured this multi-bursting fireball on October 31, 2025, at 20:03 CDT (01:03 UT on Nov. 1st) from Canyon Lake,…
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 14-20, 2026
Karl Hovekamp captured this multi-bursting fireball on October 31, 2025, at 02:36 CET (01:36 UT) from Neuenkirchen, Germany. © Karl Hovekamp During this…
Meteor Activity Outlook for March 7-13, 2026
Wil McReynolds captured this green fireball on October 29, 2025, at 23:14 EDT (03:14 UT on Oct. 30) from Meaford, Ontario,…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 28 – March 6, 2026
Erik Fraser captured this monster fireball on October 17, 2025, at 23:26 EDT (03:26 UT on Oct. 18) from Woodstock New…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 21-27, 2026
Cynthia Nichols captured this fireball on February 7, 2025, at 05:56 MST (12:56 UT) from Santa Cruz de los Zacatitos, Baja California…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 14-20, 2026
Mark Kirschner captured this brilliant fireball using his AllSky Camera System on October 16, 2025, at 04:23 EDT (08:23 UT) from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for February 7-13, 2026
Kevin Freitas shared this photo of a brilliant fireball through clouds on October 11, 2025, at 01:20 PDT (08:20 UT) from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 31-February 6, 2026
Mark Bannister captured this brilliant fireball on October 7, 2025, at 03:25 BST (02:25 UT) from Oxshott, Surrey, Great Britain.…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 24-30, 2026
Lonnie Lankford captured this bright meteor on January 20, 2026, at 02:00 EST from Remsen, New York, USA while photographing…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 17-23, 2026
Daniel Bush captured this long fireball on October 5, 2025, at 01:41 CDT from Albany, Missouri, USA. He also mentions…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 10-16, 2026
Trisha Field captured this impressive fireball through clouds while photographing an aurora display at 01:47 CDT (06:47 UT) on October…
Meteor Activity Outlook for January 3-9, 2026
Tadas Janušonis captured this imoressive fireball through hazy skies at 02:00 EEST on September 22, 2025, from Vabalninkas, Lithuania. ©Tadas…
Viewing the 2026 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
Heather Wendelboe processed this composite photograph of Quadrantid meteors from exposures taken on the morning of 3 January 2021, from…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 27, 2025 – January 2, 2026
Daniel Bush captured this intensely bright fireball through clouds at 5:59 CDT (10:55 UT) on September 14, 2025, from Albany,…
Meteor Activity Outlook for December 20-26, 2025
Kevin Kelm captured this intensely bright fireball at 4:55 MDT (10:55 UT) on September 14, 2025, from Escalante, Utah, USA.…