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The Milky Way stretches across the sky and a bright Eta Aquarid meteor streaks across the center. Below is the top of Mount Bromo surrounded by clouds.

Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2024: Where, when and how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The Eta Aquarid meteor shower from late April to mid-May offers a long stretch of spectacular "shooting stars" that even a casual observer can spot in the night sky.

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Lyrid meteor shower streaks across the sky with silhouetted trees in the foreground and the milky way stretching across the night sky in the background

Lyrid meteor shower 2024: When, where & how to see it

By Daisy Dobrijevic last updated

Reference The 2024 Lyrid meteor shower will occur between April 16-25 and peak on the night of April 22. A typical shower displays between five and 20 meteors per hour.

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The first fragment of 2024 BX1 recovered by the Natural History Museum/DLR/Freie Universtaet Berlin team. Right in the image is team lead Lutz Hecht, while guide SETI Institute meteor astronomer Peter Jenniskens shows the fragment discovered by student Dominique Dieter left of him. Far left is student Clara Weihe who found the second meteorite.

Meteorites from Asteroid 2024 Bx1, which just hit Earth, may be super-rare space rocks

By Robert Lea published

Fragments of the Asteroid 2024 BX1 that rained down on Berlin have been recovered by intrepid meteorite hunters, and it turns out the rocks may be incredibly rare.

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a streak of light crosses the night sky above the desert

The Quadrantid meteor shower 2024 peaks tonight alongside a bright moon

By Joe Rao published

Early each January, the Quadrantid meteor stream provides one of the most intense annual meteor displays, but unfortunately, there's a stumbling block this year in the form of the moon

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Brian Emfinger took this photograph on Jan. 2, 2012, in Ozark, Arkansas. He said: The radiant is very, very close to the Quadrantid but I'm not 100% sure it is indeed a Quadrantid.

Quadrantid meteor shower 2024: The year's 1st meteor shower blazes over North America on Jan. 3

By Jamie Carter published

Up to 120 shooting stars per hour could be visible during a brief peak of the Quadrantid meteor shower — the year's first meteor shower, coming to North America Jan. 3 and 4.

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below polaris, teal lines emanate from the constellation Ursa Minor, in a dark sky full of blue-traced constellations.

The Ursids peak tonight, offering the last meteor shower of 2023 tonight

By Robert Lea published

The annual December meteor shower, the Ursids, peaks overnight on Dec. 22, allowing skywatchers willing to brave the cold the chance to spot meteors streaking through the sky ahead of Santa Claus.

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streaks of light crisscross among the stars in the night sky

See the Geminid meteor shower 2023 light up the sky in these amazing photos

By Elizabeth Howell published

The Geminid meteor shower, one of the best of the year, put on a brilliant show Dec. 13 amid a near-moonless sky. More shooting stars are expected tonight.

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streaks of light can be seen among the stars of the night sky

The Geminid meteor shower of 2023 continues tonight. Here's how to watch live online.

By Brett Tingley last updated

The Geminid meteor shower 2023 continues overnight tonight (Dec. 14), and you can watch the action live with these free livestreams.

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a dark mountainous landscape beneath a dark sky with many shooting stars

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight. Here's what weather you can expect in the US

By Joe Rao published

About half of the contiguous (48) states will have clear, starry skies — a perfect backdrop for watching this very best of the year's principal meteor displays, the Geminid Meteor Shower.

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meteors streak through a dark night sky

The Geminid meteor shower peaks this week. Don't miss the best 'shooting stars' of 2023

By Joe Rao published

The Geminid meteor shower reaches its peak on Dec. 13 and 14. Conditions look favorable for a spectacular display this year under the dark skies of a new moon.

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