Meteor shower

• The annual Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak this weekend and promises to put on an eye-catching display. So much so, NASA is pulling out all the stops.
(msnbc.com)
• Go outside after midnight Saturday night, and if the Lyrid meteor shower of 2012 is good to you, you will be able to see the sky falling.
(ABC News)
• A promising meteor shower will hit its peak tonight, lighting up the late-night sky in what could be an eye-catching end to Earth Day.
(YAHOO!)
• What makes this weekend especially exciting (though not likely to make a difference for viewing Saturn) is that it coincides with a new moon - unlike all the major meteor showers in late 2011, which were virtually drowned out by bright moonlight.
(Washington Post)
• Lyra is far north in the northern sky, so stargazers in the southern hemisphere will not be able to see the Lyrid meteor shower. Sorry about that, but your turn will come later as different meteor showers make their annual appearance throughout the year.
(IT wire)
• It's a veritable sky party on the night of April 21, as 15–20 or even more Lyrid meteors shower down hourly upon the skies of Mother Earth.
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• After a days-long lead-up, tonight is finally the peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower, which means that tonight, more so than any before or after, should offer the most meteors streaking through the sky.
(Examiner)
• This story was updated at 8:48 p.m. ET. The week ahead promises to be a perfect time to observe meteors. Thats great news since the Lyrid meteor shower peaks on Sunday (April 22), but any night this week should be a good night to see meteors.
(Huffington Post)
• The week ahead promises to be a perfect time to observe meteors. Thats great news since the Lyrid meteor shower peaks on Sunday, but any night this week should be a good night to see meteors.
(msnbc.com)
• From a meteor shower to the lack of April showers, there is a lot of little weather blurbs that are noteworthy for this weekend.
(KOMO News)