Celestial Spectacle: Dual Meteor Showers To Illuminate Night Skies

The night sky is illuminated by a meteor shower on July 28, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. The Piscis Austrinids, the Southern Delta Aquariids, and the Alpha Capricornids meteor showers are expected to light up Australian night skies this week. Meteor showers occur when cosmic debris enters the Earth's atmosphere. (SAVERIO MARFIA/GETTY IMAGES)

A flurry of meteors will soon dash across the heavens, a celestial light show that will be followed up by an even more impressive astronomical event in the coming weeks.

The Southern Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids will peak simultaneously centered around the night of Sunday, July 30, into the early morning of Monday, July 31. However, it will not be a one-night-only event.