meteor shower

August brings two celestial events to Illinois with a partial solar eclipse on August 12 and one of the year's best meteor showers hours later.

Get ready for a lunar showstopper this November, as the Beaver Supermoon lights up the skies over Illinois like never before.

The first day of winter, also known as the Winter Solstice, happens tomorrow, December 21st, at 3:48pm, local time, and if the conditions are right, it might be worth taking a look towards the heavens for a little pre-Christmas meteor show.

The Geminids are usually one of the best meteor showers of the year, capable of producing 150 or more meteors per hour at a dark site. Another really cool aspect is that the meteors are often bright and colorful.

Unless the last things in the world you'd find interesting are the final full moon of the decade and a meteor shower.

A meteor shower called alpha Monocerotid) might cause an "outburst" which may be visible should the clouds take a break.

Scientists are forecasting a meteor called "Asteroid 1950 DA" that could wipe out humanity.

If you missed it last year, and there's a very good chance you did, the Geminid Meteor Shower is happening this week.

Nothing will put you in your place like a good show from outer space. One time about a decade ago, we had the rare chance to see the northern lights in the stateline area. I have always wanted to see them, but never had. That night, I forgot about the opportunity and went to bed...

Nothing makes you feel small than seeing celestial event. An eclipse, Aurora Borealis, or garbage thrown from a passing UFO. When you see something flash and burn across the night sky your first reaction is to say, "Oooooooooohhhh", followed by making a wish...