The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is peaking. Experts say expect to see 10 to 15 meteors per hour in ideal viewing conditions ...

Regular meteor showers occur throughout the year as the Earth passes through a field of debris left by comets and asteroids, said Shannon Schmoll, director of Abrams Planetarium at Michigan State ...

The Lyrid meteor shower will peak overnight Monday, April 21, to early Tuesday, April 22. "The Lyrids are left-over debris from Comet Thatcher ... It was first documented by the Chinese in ...

Eyes to the sky for the month of April, for a chance to spot debris from two different comets streaking ... April 4-5 — First Quarter Moon April 5-6 — Mars near the Waxing Gibbous Moon April 12-13 — ...

All eyes are on NASA's asteroid-studying Lucy spacecraft, which should have had a close space rock encounter at 1:51 p.m. EDT ... flybys of eight Trojan asteroids in a quest to learn about ...

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The comet is named for A. E. Thatcher, who discovered it in 1861. The meteor shower itself, though, has been observed for 2,700 years ever since the first recorded sighting was made in 687 BC by ...

Paul Temple is an active astronomer and professor at Central Methodist University, and Ashley Byrd looks forward to regular visits with him to learn what’s happening in the heavens, and speaking ...

Lyrid meteors are named for the constellation Lyra. They stream from near the bright star Vega. We'll see the shower best early Tuesday morning, April 22. Lyrid meteors can appear anywhere in the ...

(See the first ... While the meteors appear to radiate from the constellation Lyra, they can streak across any part of the sky. Some Lyrids are known for leaving bright dust trails that linger for ...

WASHINGTON — When the Lyrid meteor shower reaches its peak, it will be spring's first chance to see ... through debris left by passing comets and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Lyrids ...