How to see a double meteor shower on Tuesday night with a chance of fireballs

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Earth regularly passes through streams of comet debris that produce hundreds of meteor showers a year.

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Triple Meteor Showers Set to Dazzle the Night Sky Over the Next Two Weeks

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An image of a meteor cross the sky during the Perseid shower.

Seismic Rumble From an 'Alien Technology' Meteor Was Actually a Passing Truck, Scientists Say

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In January 2014, a meteor entered Earth’s atmosphere in the Western Pacific, as evidenced by apparent vibrational signatures of the event in a seismic station in Papua New Guinea. Last year, scientists declared rubble recovered from the ocean floor as the rejectamenta of that event (and some even speculated it was a…

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2 meteor showers will peak Monday and last into August. One could produce dazzling fireballs.

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A clear photo of the Delta Aquariids meteor shower over Mount St. Helens. The Milky Way, with its grey white clouds, lies in a vibrant streak against the indigo night sky. Streaks of bright white light criss cross the sky.
The Delta Aquariids meteor shower and Milky Way over Mount St. Helens, at Windy Ridge in Washington State with Mt. Hood, Oregon visible in the lower left corner.

The Lyrid meteor shower could give you the chance to see up to 20 shooting stars this weekend. Here's how to watch.

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A shot of the night sky shows the milky way dappled with shooting stars behind trees outlined in the foreground.
The Lyrid meteor shower can offer about 10 to 20 shooting stars per hour

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