Perhaps one of the most exciting events that takes place across the year will be in April. The Lyrid meteor shower will take ...

The American Meteor Society adds that the Lyrids usually lack persistent trains but can produce "fireballs." A fireball "is ...

Created from debris trails from Halley’s Comet, the eta Aquariids can be seen from both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres ...

A meteor shower occurs when the Earth passes through a cloud of debris from either a comet or asteroid, and this debris, or ...

Shooting stars have captivated humans for generations, and dozens of cultures assign meaning to them - from granting wishes ...

The Lyrids meteor shower begins on April 17 and peaks April 22. Stargazers can see 18 meteors per hour streaking across the ...

April's night sky will highlight the Lyrids and Eta Aquarids meteor showers, with up to 18 and 50 meteors per hour respectively.

The fireballs are debris from comet Thatcher, which orbits the sun roughly every 415 years. The Lyrids are named after the constellation Lyra and are one of the "oldest recorded meteor showers." ...

There’s a bunch of meteor showers coming up this spring and an astronomer from Greenwich has the low down on how you can see them.