The annual Lyrids are one of the oldest known meteor showers. Here’s how to enjoy this celestial spectacle.
Sky watchers can glimpse one of the oldest known annual meteor showers this weekend.
The Lyrid meteor shower, which astronomers have observed for nearly three millennia, will peak late Saturday night into early Sunday morning. Late Friday evening is also an opportune time to glimpse meteors, according to Bill Cooke, lead astronomer for the Meteoroid Environment Office at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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