Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks Soon
By: Rob Borkowski on January 2, 2024 in Good Times, News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Quadrantid Meteor Shower peaks Wednesday and Thursday, with the latter boasting clear skies and a chilly night with lows of 21 degrees. For the less punctual, […]
Leonids Peak on Clear, Dim Tuesday-Wednesday Stretch
By: Rob Borkowski on November 16, 2020 in Good Times
WESTERLY, RI—Rhode Islanders can catch the Leoonid Meteor Shower Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning during the Leonids peak, and in a rare fall Rhode Island confluence of heavenly spectacle and meteorological […]
Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Aug. 12-14: Best Viewing Tips
By: Rob Borkowski on August 6, 2018 in Good Times
The Perseid Meteor Shower, nature’s late-summer shooting star spectacle, peaks Aug. 12 – 13 as the Earth travels through the remnants of comet Switft-Tuttle this year with skies darkened by a new moon, […]
Perseid Meteor Shower Boasts 200 Meteors per Hour Tonight
By: Rob Borkowski on August 11, 2016 in Good Times
The Perseid Meteor Shower, annually timed during the dog days of summer, peaks late tonight and early Friday morning, in partly cloudy skies, but with nearly 200 meteors per hour predicted, this year may still dazzle night owl star gazers.