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Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower 2024: Peak Time and How to Watch

2 May 2024 at 12:06
The event will be active when the moon is just a sliver in the sky, but it is less easy to see in the Northern Hemisphere than other meteor showers.

Β© W. Liller/NASA

Halley’s comet over Easter Island in 1986. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is the result of debris from Halley’s tail.

Lyrid Meteor Shower 2024: Peak Time and How to Watch

19 April 2024 at 12:00
A nearly full moon could interfere with the shower during its peak. It is forecast to be active until near the end of the month.

Β© Christian Bruna/EPA, via Shutterstock

A long exposure of the night sky over Austria in April 2020 during a Lyrid meteor shower.
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