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1 month agoLyrid Meteor Shower peaks tonight with 15 shooting stars every hour
'With the Lyrids you'll be looking for a little flurry of short-lived streaks of light - what you might popularly call shooting stars,' explained Dr Robert Massey, deputy executive director at the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS). The Lyrids have been observed and reported since 687 BC - and no other modern shower has been recorded as far back in time.
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