In the Northern Hemisphere, the autumn equinox falls on September the 22nd or 23rd of September, marking the point where day and night are about the same length before the days begin to get ...

Spring in the northern hemisphere brings with it the promise for the Lyrids, the first good meteor shower of the season.

The Lyrids are the product of a comet called C/1861 G1 (Thatcher) that has a roughly 422-year orbit around the Sun; their radiant point, or place in the sky from which they seem to fall, is close to ...