Whether it’s less than two dozen or over 100 meteors per hour, the Lyrid meteor shower is about to bring a vibrant show in the night sky. Starting Thursday, April 17, the Lyrid meteor shower is ...

Associated with the Comet Thatcher, the Lyrids are named after the Lyra constellation, which is where they appear to originate from in the night ... sky at a rate of up to 150 shooting stars ...

I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...

Stargazers in the UK could soon be able to witness the first 'shooting stars ... moonless night. The Moon will be below the horizon until around 3am, offering optimum dark sky conditions for ...

create streaks of light in the night sky as they burn up in Earth's atmosphere. These streaks are known as shooting stars, even though they are not stars at all – which is why some astronomers o ...

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Stargazers will soon be able to enjoy a spectacular cosmic event taking place in the night sky. The Lyrid meteor ... has led to them being called “shooting stars.” Several meteors per hour ...

During the six days of overlap, the average night sky observer won’t be able to discern between the two meteor showers. Most of the shooting stars will be from the Lyrids. At its peak next month ...

Travelling at 49 kilometres per second, the meteors appear to originate from the northern constellation Lyra, near the bright star Vega. “The Lyrid meteor shower is set to light up the night ...

Brits could see up to 18 "shooting ... sky parallel to one another, appearing to travel sideways across the night sky from Earth. The meteors can be seen appearing to radiate from around the star ...

Next up is the annual Lyrid meteor shower when if you’re lucky you could see upwards of 20 shooting stars in ... in common with the other stars in the night sky. Meteors are created when a ...

“Find Venus, Saturn, and the crescent moon gathered low in the east as dawn warms the morning sky,” it said in ... This week would also bring shooting stars as Earth passes through streams ...