The annual Perseid meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It's one of the brightest and most easily viewed showers of the year, experts say.

By Christina Larson, Associated Press

In our news wrap Sunday, the Maui wildfire is now the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a century as search efforts continue and the death toll keeps rising, at least 21 people died in a mudslide and flash…

Many people have some idea that a meteor shower is when material in space falls to the earth. That is essentially true, but what these particles are and where they come from isn’t as well known. A greater understanding of…

By Christopher Conselice, The Conversation