Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: Peak Tonight

0:00It's May 2nd. This is Global News Today, your AI-powered source for world news. The ATA Aquarid Meteor Shower is firing up from debris left by Haley's Common, peaking Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Normally a solid show, but this year's bright, waning, give-as-moon at 84% full is crashing the party, washing out fainter streaks and cutting visibility in half. Even hemisphere folks could still catch around 25 meteors per hour at peak, while us in the North might spot fewer than 10. Planetarium Pro Say head far this south for the real light show, since the radiant points sits low on our horizon. These cosmic fireworks happen when Earth plows through comet trails, bits burning up high in the atmosphere at insane speeds for those quick shooting. Star flashes. Unlike random nightly meteors, showers like this hid predictably every year for bigger thrills. To maximize your odds, hit the pre-dawn hours, escape city glow, and block that moon if

1:00you can. Lounge east toward the Aquarius constellation and the star ATA Aquary, eyes adjusted to dark no phones with blankets and chairs. Sky experts wear nothing beats witnessing it live, like uncovering the universe's secrets first hand, so find your spot and let the streaks surprise you.