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Meteor shower

A meteorite trail is seen above a residential apartment block in the city of Chelyabinsk (Photo: -/74.RU/AFP via Getty Images)

Remembering the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor and its impact 10 years on

‘Astonishing’ meteor spotted over UK skies ‘unlike anything’ ever seen

A meteor streaking through the night sky over Myanmar during the Geminid meteor shower in 2018 (Photo: YE AUNG THU/AFP via Getty Images)
A meteor streaking through the night sky over Myanmar during the Geminid meteor shower in 2018 (Photo: YE AUNG THU/AFP via Getty Images)

Explainer Geminids meteor shower set to peak - when and how to see it

Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view the annual Perseids meteor shower in the village of Rufforth, near York, in August 2015 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the York Astronomical Society prepare to view the annual Perseids meteor shower in the village of Rufforth, near York, in August 2015 (Photo: OLI SCARFF/AFP via Getty Images)

Leonids meteor shower 2022: how to see shooting stars in the UK

(Photo: IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images)
(Photo: IBRAHIM CHALHOUB/AFP via Getty Images)

Orionid meteor shower 2022: how to see shooting stars in the UK

View of a Draonid meteor shooting star and the Northern Lights 150 kilometers north of Stockholm (Photo: SCANPIX SWEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)
View of a Draonid meteor shooting star and the Northern Lights 150 kilometers north of Stockholm (Photo: SCANPIX SWEDEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Draconid meteor shower 2022: how to see Draconids in the UK

Meteors can be seen as they fall through the Earth’s surface (Pic:Getty)
Meteors can be seen as they fall through the Earth’s surface (Pic:Getty)

Fireball meteor shower: where in the UK saw one last night?

The Eta Aquarids meteor shower takes place annually between 19 April and 28 May, but is set to peak between 5 and 6 May in 2022.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower takes place annually between 19 April and 28 May, but is set to peak between 5 and 6 May in 2022.

Eta Aquarid meteor shower to be visible in the night sky this month

Lyrid Meteor Shower over Austrai in April 2021
Lyrid Meteor Shower over Austrai in April 2021

Lyrid meteor shower 2022 UK: peak time to see shooting stars spectacle