The best time to see the June Bootids in the U.S. is in the hours following sunset on the night of June 27, when the radiant ...

Each day, around 48.5 tons (44,000 kilograms) of ancient debris dating back to the creation of our solar system collide with ...

The Bootid meteor shower is back, bringing its annual display of shooting stars with an expected peak on June 27, 2025. As ...

It starts happening every mid-summer. Bootes, the hunting farmer, begins his close pursuit of Ursa Major, the Big Bear. These two constellations are right next to each other in the early evening we… ...

Meteor shower in the Bootes Constellation ...

July stargazing is certainly a late show, but it’s worth losing some sleep over because it’s now prime time for summer ...

Some folks already caught a sci-fi-level glimpse of it on Thursday, when a blazing meteor put a hole in a Georgia house.

Bootes is the constellation of a herdsman, but it also resembles an ice cream cone or kite. At 9 p.m. the bottom of the cone or kite is marked by the bright star Arcturus 15 degrees above the horizon.

On Boötes’s eastern border, Corona Borealis, culminating at 9 p.m. June 30, is another constellation that’s unlikely to have come up recently in casual conversations.

The meteors seem to emerge – or radiate – from an obsolete constellation called "Quadrans Muralis" that today is located between the constellations of Bootes and Draco near the end of the ...

The unpredictable Bootid meteor shower peaks tonight, though stargazers in the U.S. will need luck on their side to catch one of the ancient shooting stars streaking through the post-sunset sky.

June's unpredictable Bootid meteor shower is upon us! Here's everything you need to know about the annual shower ahead of its June 27 peak. Each day, around 48.5 tons (44,000 kilograms) of ancient ...