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Meteor Showers

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Perseid Meteor Shower Will Peak the Night of Aug. 12–13

A new moon on Aug. 12 should deliver very dark skies and make this year’s peak especially favorable for seeing faint meteors.

Bright Green Fireball Streaks Over Buenos Aires and Uruguay

Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Over Germany Tonight

Lyrids Peak Tonight Under Dark Skies as NOAA Forecasts Possible U.S. Auroras

Lyrid Meteor Shower To Peak Wednesday Night With Improved Skies Forecast

Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Over Japan With Bright Fireballs and Big Turnout

Geminid Meteor Shower to Peak Dec. 13–14 With Up to 150 Meteors an Hour

Geminids Set for Weekend Peak With Best Viewing on Dec. 13–14

Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks Nov. 17–18, Best Views Before Dawn

Orionids Peak Tonight Under Dark Skies

Draconids Continue Through Oct. 10 After Peak, as Bright Moon Cuts Visibility

Draconid Meteor Shower Peaks Wednesday With Best Views After Dusk in Northern Skies

Full Moon Hampers Early Perseids Viewing Ahead of Aug. 12–13 Peak

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 12–13 Despite 83 Percent Moonlight

Waning Gibbous Moon Threatens Perseid Meteor Peak, Observers Advised to Chase Earthgrazers and Livestreams

August Skies Set Stage for Perseid Peak and Venus–Jupiter Conjunction

Perseids Fly Under Moonless Skies as Delta Aquariids and Capricornids Prepare for July 30 Peak

Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower Set to Peak May 6

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

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