This April is a good month for stargazers. There’s the “planet parade” of Saturn, Mars, Mercury, and Neptune, ending on the 23rd.
And the Lyrid meteor shower, which started on 16 April and will end on the 25th, is set to show us its most dazzling display this week too.
What is the Lyrid meteor shower?
First recorded in 678 BE, the phenomenon includes debris which once followed in the wake of comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher.
They look from the Earth’s perspective like they’re shooting from the constellation Lyra, right beside the star Vega; hence the name.
It’s not exactly that they’re “s...
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