Lights Off, Blankets Out: Lyrid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
Conditions on Friday night and before dawn on Saturday should be ideal for spotting the streaks of space debris — leftover particles from a comet that was last seen in 1861.
by Laurel Wamsley
Apr 21, 2017
1 minute
Not all of April's showers are soggy and flower-inducing. Late April is also the season of the Lyrids, the second of the year's established meteor showers. So get thee to the rooftops and wide open fields: The
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