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How to spot the 2023 Perseid meteor shower wherever you are

20 July 2023

The Perseids are a major meteor shower - here is your guide to spotting them in July and August 2023
Lyrid meteor shower

How to watch the Lyrids meteor shower peak this weekend

21 April 2023

You have a decent chance of seeing shooting stars from anywhere in the world during the Lyrids meteor shower peak in the early hours of 22 and 23 April
Image of the broken fragments surrounding Fragment B of Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 3 observed with FORS1 on ESO's VLT in four filters (B, V, R, and I). As the telescope was tracking the comet, the stars appear as coloured trails, indicating the order in which the comet was observed in the different filters. North is up and East is to the left.

Watch out for comet SW3, which might cause a meteor shower in late May

18 May 2022

Here's hoping that a meteor shower predicted by astronomers for almost a century will be seen this month, says Abigail Beall

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