Scotland’s skies could dazzle tonight, May 5, with both the fading northern lights from a recent geomagnetic storm and the peak of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower. NOAA forecasts indicate aurora ...

Look, up in the sky! Is it a, er, plane crashing? A bomb? An eerie orange ball of light? No, it was a meteorite. For a few brief moments today, a bright fireball lit up the midnight skies above ...

Up to 18 shooting stars an hour may be visible across the UK during the spectacle.

Here's where, when, and how to catch the dazzling displays.

The Lyrid meteor shower is the oldest recorded and Wednesday brings near perfect weather conditions to see them as they peak. Simon King explains.