Another SpaceX launch a couple of weeks earlier had caused a stir with its eye-catching streak of light and contrail. The true cause, however, was less obvious and originated farther away.

Is that streak of light in your photograph really a meteor ... Unless you've witnessed a meteor tear across the sky with your own eyes then identification can sometimes be tricky, but there ...

A few times a year, the night sky puts on a dazzling show of streaks of light flashing across the darkness ... celestial events visible to the naked eye. But what exactly causes this cosmic ...