Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower 2024: Peak Time and How to Watch NYT: Science By: Katrina Miller 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/NASAHalleyβs comet over Easter Island in 1986. The Eta Aquarids meteor shower is the result of debris from Halleyβs tail.
Lyrid Meteor Shower 2024: Peak Time and How to Watch NYT: Science By: Katrina Miller 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 ShutterstockA long exposure of the night sky over Austria in April 2020 during a Lyrid meteor shower.