NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 06:42 ET Dozens of skywatchers across New England filed reports of a bright “fireball” on Saturday evening, according to the American Meteor Society’s public log of sightings. The entries, clustered around 5:59 p.m. ET, came as the Quadrantid meteor shower’s active period begins, giving stargazers another reason to look up this week. (https://fireball.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/browse_reports?event=PENDING&page=7) The timing matters now because the Quadrantids are one of the year’s more intense meteor showers when they peak, but the best activity typically concentrates into a narrow window. That makes planning — and timing — more important than for longer, drawn-out