The skies of April and May are about to be lit up by two of the year's most beautiful meteor shower events. Commencing on April 17, and visible until April 26, the Lyrid meteor shower will fall ...

Spring's next meteor shower is here, but your chance to glimpse the Eta Aquarids likely will be a battle against clouds and rain, forecasters say. The National Weather Service forecasts cloudy ...

Should be a great night for the Lyrid meteor shower beginning around 10:30 p.m. with best viewing after midnight until 6 a.m. Some fog could be in a few spots overnight, thickest at sunrise.

Over 2,000 years ago, in 687 BCE, the Zuo Zhuan, an ancient Chinese narrative history, described a Lyrid meteor shower where the "stars fell like rain." Descriptions of the Lyrids are also found ...