Bright streaks resembling a shooting star moved from west to east across the night sky, but this was not actually related to the meteor shower.

"The Perseids, which peak in mid-August, are considered the best meteor shower of the year," according to NASA. "With swift ...

Hundreds of meteors flew over Northern Ireland as the Perseids returned; while a full moon obscured visibility, some lucky observers got a dazzling view.

Even though the night of Aug. 12 was the peak of the Perseid meteor shower, the light that caught the most attention in West Virginia and across the East Coast wasn’t a fireball.

Whether you're a casual stargazer or devoted astro-photographer, the rare overlap of the northern lights and Perseids meteor ...

This year, a bright moon dampened viewing during the pre-dawn peak, so some experts recommended waiting a week or so to glimpse shooting stars against a darker sky.

What was the mysterious white spiral flying in the night sky as stargazers looked up during the Perseid meteor shower peak ...

The light people were seeing was from the Vulcan rocket launched by the United Launch Alliance. It took off from Cape ...

Several residents in the Lehigh Valley and throughout Pennsylvania on Tuesday night reported seeing a “spinning light” object ...

Meteor co-founders and Farhan Khan, left, and Pranav Madhukar during a Y Combinator demonstration. (Photo courtesy of Meteor) Two computer science ...

Stargazers gathered at an observatory in Split, Croatia on Tuesday (August 12) to witness the annual Perseid meteor shower.