The 2025 Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight Monday, April 21, into the morning of Tuesday, April 22, according to NASA. During the Lyrids ' peak, 10 to 20 fast and bright meteors can be ...

While not as dazzling as some of the more well-known showers, the Lyrids is a dependable event, producing up to 20 meteors per hour at its peak.

The researchers reached the conclusion by studying 7,982 meteoroid trajectories and 540 potential meteorite falls.

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Asteroid 2023 KU, comparable to a 35-story building, will safely pass Earth on April 11, 2025, at a distance twice that of ...

"Due to the great pressure on the object, they begin to flash with a stretching tail and emit light,” said Rodríguez, one of ...

BIR MOGHREIN, Mauritania — You may have seen a meteorite before, even if you didn’t know it. Nearly 100,000 pounds of meteoritic matter enters Earth’s atmosphere every day, scientists estimate.