A Christmas meteor shower will light up the skies very soon. Here's your complete guide to seeing the Ursids in Arizona and when they peak.

Yes. The Geminid meteor shower is active right now and visible nightly in Arizona through mid-December. At its peak, more than 120 shooting stars per hour can streak across the sky under dark ...

Arizona’s night skies will give local skywatchers a full year of must-see stargazing events in 2026. Cosmic spectacles like ...

In early January, an interesting astronomical event—the Quadrantids meteor shower—will be observed, the Department of ...

If you were to ask a group of dedicated amateur astronomers to list their favorite telescopic targets, few if any would ...

December is hosting two meteor showers. Here is everything to know about the Geminids, when to see them, where they come from and visibility.

The University of Arizona's OSIRIS-APEX spacecraft only made it home once in 2025, but at least it got some nice snapshots ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — It’s been a real point of pride that the University of Arizona led a mission to grab a sample of an asteroid and bring it to Earth. Now those samples are teaching us more about ...

Skywatchers in Arizona get a special treat in July—and the best part is that you can see it with your naked eye. The asteroid 4 Vesta is about the length of Arizona and the second-largest resident of ...

Meteor showers are a yearly treat, and in July 2025, the sky is going all out with a cosmic triple feature. Three overlapping showers will dazzle the night sky, each peaking at a different time. The ...

David Rankin of the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona spends nights scanning the solar system for potentially catastrophic space ...

A newly detected asteroid, known as 2025 SC79, has sparked global attention due to its massive size and potential impact risk ...