"2024 Lyrid Meteor Shower: Best Viewing Spots and Peak Times"

The Lyrid meteor shower, one of the oldest known meteor showers, will be visible worldwide starting next week, peaking in the late evening of April 21 through dawn on April 22. Meteoroids, small rocks in space, create meteors as they burn up in the Earth's atmosphere, and those that survive and hit the ground are called meteorites. Named after the constellation Lyra, the Lyrids can surprise watchers with as many as 100 meteors seen per hour, and the best view in the Northern Hemisphere is after moonset and before dawn.