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A meteor shower will be visible throughout Michigan this weekend. The Orionids meteor shower, named after the winter constellation Orion, peaks during mid

Numerous fireball events occurred throughout the years, including the unique meteor light in Norway.

A large, mysterious fireball lit up the sky early Wednesday morning across Michigan, the Midwest and even Canada.

Detroit Free Press If you look up, you may see a meteor shower painting streaks of light across the night sky, starting today until April 25.   The Lyrid meteor shower takes place every year, and it happens due to the Earth moving through the remnants of the tail of a comet named Thatcher, said Michael Narlock, head of astronomy at Cranbrook Institute of Science in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. "Thatcher comes around every 400 years or so, but basically the solar system is strewn with debris of comet tails," Narlock said. "When that debris hits the Earth's atmosphere, it burns up and we ...

If you look up, you may see a meteor shower painting streaks of light across the night sky, starting today until April 25.   Michiganders will be able to witness two celestial events, without the help of a telescope, this month: the Lyrid meteor shower and a supermoon.  The Lyrid meteor shower takes place every year, and it happens due to Earth moving through the remnants of a comet's tail, Michael Narlock, head of astronomy at Cranbrook Institute of Science, said. Thatcher is the comet that causes the Lyrid meteor shower.   "Thatcher comes around every 400 years or so, but basically t...