May 2026 will bring skywatchers the Eta Aquarid meteor shower and a Blue Micromoon. The meteor shower peaks May 5–6, with visibility reduced by an 84% illuminated waning gibbous Moon. The month’s ...

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Many New Yorkers likely looked up to the sky this week in hopes of seeing the flashing lights of meteors as the Lyrids shower reached its most active state of 2026. The Lyrids meteor shower, which ...

The Lyrids meteor shower is underway and will soon peak. The meteor shower is known to produce around 10 to 20 meteors, or shooting stars, for the three nights around its peak, when stargazers will be ...

Tuesday, April 21, marks the start of stargazers' best chance to watch the Lyrid meteors streaking across Michigan skies. The Lyrid meteor shower peaks overnight April 21-22. One of the oldest known ...

After a more than three-month meteor shower drought, you can finally look to the skies again for a cosmic display. The Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak, or reach its maximum activity, on ...

The Lyrids meteor shower will be active from April 14 to April 30, 2026. Peak activity for the Lyrids is expected between April 21 and April 22. Stargazers can expect to see 10-20 meteors per hour ...

The first meteor shower of the spring will soon light up the New York skies. The Lyrids meteor shower, which became active on Tuesday, April 14, is expected to hit its peak activity this week before ...

Wisconsin skywatchers will have their best chance to see the annual Lyrids meteor shower on Earth Day, and the forecast could set up an especially striking display this year. The Lyrid showers last ...

This year’s Lyrid meteor shower is getting a boost thanks to a dim crescent moon. Skywatchers could see 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour soar across the spring sky, according to NASA, when the fiery ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. One of the oldest known meteor showers is about to peak ...