The Leonid meteor shower is active from Nov. 3 to Dec. 2 this year and will peak overnight from Nov. 17 to 18. The Leonids are produced when Earth passes through the debris left behind by comet ...

The Leonid shower is among the most spectacular. According to EarthSky, there have been years when there has been a meteor "storm," with rates for the 1833 Leonid shower hitting an incredible ...

The Leonid meteor shower is caused by space debris from Comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle, which collides with Earth's atmosphere. Two independent discoveries of the comet were made by Ernst Tempel in 1865 ...