Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Southern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak on Tuesday and Wednesday as the Earth passes through dust left by a comet.

Meteor showers are the product of comets or asteroids dropping debris on their orbit. Once these debris streams cross the Earth, they burn up in the atmosphere, creating the shooting stars that we ...

Admirers of space will have a few more reasons to look up next month, as three more meteor showers are expected to reach peak visibility. The Leonids and Southern and Northern Taurids meteor showers ...