The Eta Aquarid meteor shower is set to peak on the morning of Tuesday, May 6, bringing with it a cosmic light show as 'shooting stars' — and potentially dazzling fireballs — could burst to life above our heads as Earth barrels through the trail of debris left behind by Halley's comet.
This year's Eta Aquarid shower peaks on the nights of May 5 and May 6, during which well-placed stargazers could see up to 50 meteors per hour pass swiftly across the sky, according to NASA. The meteors will appear to be coming from a patch of sky — known as a radiant — located in the constellation Aquarius. This equatorial constellation is particularly high for stargazers in the Southern Hemisphere at this time of year, allowing them to catch the greatest number of meteors.
