The event coincided with the Lyrids meteor shower, but experts, including Horner, believe it was a separate occurrence. The Lyrids, typically visible from the northern hemisphere, would not have been ...

Active since last week, the shower is formed from a comet’s debris and is forecast to produce the most fireballs overnight.

The 2025 Lyrid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight Monday, April 21, into the morning of Tuesday, April 22, according to NASA. During the Lyrids ' peak, 10 to 20 fast and bright meteors can be ...

Australians have been treated with a rare sighting of a meteor shower, which lit up night skies in the country’s east on ...

The Lyrids are best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere during the dark hours between midnight and dawn. The website Time and ...