The Ursid meteor shower will peak overnight from Dec. 21-22, right around the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. Although the Ursids boast fewer meteors per hour than the Geminids ...

Hunters shot the animal, and results of DNA tests confirmed what scientists had guessed: it really was an ursid hybrid of a polar bear and a grizzly. In 2010, another bear was shot in the same ...

Don't worry. We're in for a little pre-Christmas stargazing treat. The Ursid meteor shower — the final one of the year — is predicted to peak in the early morning hours of Sunday (Dec. 22).

Running from December 17-26 this year, according to Timeanddate, the Ursid meteor shower will peak overnight on Thursday, December 21 through Friday, December 22. They come just a week after the ...

The last meteor shower of the year — the Ursids — peaks Sunday, a few days before Christmas. While usually not as bright as the Geminids, the Ursid meteor shower can yield surprises.

The closest meteor shower to the winter holiday season, the Ursids, comes hot on the heels of the Geminid meteor shower in late December each year. It's not the most powerful shower of the year ...