Meteor shower visible this weekend, NASA says
The Eta Aquarid meteors will be visible overnight on Sunday and early Monday morning, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration reported this week. The American Meteor Society expects the shower—which takes place annually—to be especially visible this year due to interactions with particles from the planet Jupiter.
How can I view this? NASA encourages viewers to locate the shower two hours before sunrise on Monday while looking east. Meteors will fly by at about 10-30 per hour, according to the American Meteor Society. The society added that the waning crescent moon would provide little light interference.
Dig deeper: Listen to Mary Reichard’s kicker on The World and Everything in It podcast about a meteoric home invasion.
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