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Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight with Up to 20 Meteors Per Hour

The annual celestial display, one of the oldest recorded meteor showers, will be best viewed from dark locations after 10:30 p.m. local time.

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Lyrid Meteor Shower to Peak April 21–22 with Best Views in Western U.S.

Lyrids Meteor Shower Begins as Stargazers Prepare for Peak Viewing

April Skywatchers Await Meteor Showers and Planetary Alignments

February 2025 Sky Highlights: Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Rare Lunar Occultations

Venus and Crescent Moon Dazzle Stargazers Worldwide

2025 Skywatching Highlights: Eclipses, Meteor Showers, and Planetary Alignments

Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight with Up to 100 Meteors Per Hour

January 2025 Offers Rare Astronomical Events and Planetary Highlights

2025 to Feature Rare Celestial Events, Including Planetary Alignments and Meteor Showers

Rare 'Black Moon' to Darken Skies on December 30-31

Chinese Satellite’s Fiery Reentry Lights Up Skies Over Southern U.S.

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks, Offering a Dazzling Night Sky Display

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend Despite Bright Moon

Geminid Meteor Shower to Light Up Skies on December 14

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend Despite Bright Moonlight

Jupiter Reaches Closest Point to Earth and Opposition in Rare Astronomical Event

Geminid Meteor Shower to Peak Next Week with Stunning Cosmic Display

Jupiter to Shine Brightest of the Year During December 7 Opposition

Leonid Meteor Shower to Illuminate Skies During Beaver Supermoon

Final Supermoon of 2024 Set to Illuminate Skies This Week

Potential Leonid Meteor Outburst Sparks Interest in 2024

Taurid Meteor Showers to Illuminate Night Skies in November

Taurid Meteor Showers to Illuminate November Skies with 'Fireballs'

Two Comets Captivate and Disintegrate: A Cosmic Show

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight with Halley's Comet Debris

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks with Stunning Sky Show

Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Amid Bright Moonlight Challenge

Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight, Offering Rare Evening Viewing

May's Geomagnetic Superstorm Reveals Unprecedented Atmospheric Changes

Stunning Celestial Displays: Meteor Shower and Northern Lights Illuminate Skies

Perseid Meteor Shower and Northern Lights Dazzle Skywatchers Globally

Perseid Meteor Shower to Illuminate Skies This Weekend

Perseid Meteor Shower and Northern Lights to Illuminate Skies This Weekend

August Skywatching: Perseid Meteor Shower and Rare Blue Moon

August Skywatching: Perseid Meteor Shower and Planetary Conjunctions

Perseid Meteor Shower to Illuminate Night Sky This August

August Skywatching: Perseid Meteor Shower and Planetary Conjunctions

Spectacular Celestial Events to Light Up the Night Sky This Week

Rare Double Meteor Shower to Illuminate Night Skies Next Week

Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower: What to Expect in 2024

Double Meteor Showers to Illuminate Night Skies Next Week

July's Full Buck Moon Coincides with Apollo 11 Anniversary

NASA Highlights July's Celestial Events: Planetary Alignments and Star Clusters

June's Strawberry Moon to Illuminate the Night Sky

Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Promises Spectacular Celestial Display

Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower to Peak with Exceptional Brilliance

April's Pink Moon to Illuminate the Night Sky This Week

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks, Offering Celestial Spectacle Despite Moonlight

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend, Viewing Challenged by Bright Moonlight

Lyrid Meteor Shower to Peak This Weekend

2024: A Year Filled with Astronomical Events

January 2024 to Host Quadrantid Meteor Shower, Comet 144P/Kushida's Closest Approach, and Full 'Wolf Moon'

Geminid Meteor Shower Set to Peak with Up to 120 Meteors Per Hour

Flower Moon Eclipsed During Peak of Halley's Comet Meteor Shower