19 articles from SUNDAY 29.12.2019

Starwatch: the annual display of the Quadrantid meteor shower

The Quadrantids are unusual in that they originate not from a comet but from an asteroidSee in the new year with the Quadrantids meteor shower. Although the peak of the shower does not arrive until the night of 3-4 January, meteor activity can stretch for a couple of weeks around this point, lasting until 10 January. The peak of the Quadrantids can be spectacular but quick, lasting just a few...