"This is debris from the tail of a very famous comet that passed the earth called Comet Thatcher and all of the meteor shower debris is basically remnant from the tails of comets, but in the romantic sense. They're just a wonderful thing to watch
"This is debris from the tail of a very famous comet that passed the earth called Comet Thatcher and all of the meteor shower debris is basically remnant from the tails of comets, but in the romantic sense. They're just a wonderful thing to watch
A moderate meteor shower, observers in the northern hemisphere can expect to see about 20 meteors in the early morning hours under optimal conditions. Such has been the case for recent years past, and this year's presence of a waxing gibbous Moon has
Feeling a little meteor-starved lately? Me too. It's been a meteor shower desert since the Quadrantids of early January. That's about to change. This weekend brings the celestial version of April showers with the annual
The Lyrid meteor shower occurs each year in mid-April when the Earth passes through a trail of dusty debris from the Comet Thatcher (C/1861 G1), which orbits the sun once every 415 years. Humans have been observing this particular meteor shower for at
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Lyrid meteor shower is peaking now
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