Look up! Lyrid meteor shower begins its annual peak Tuesday night

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]Eyes to the skies if you like space this week. We've got a meteor shower plus several opportunities to see the International Space Station. Let's start with the meteor shower. It's called the Lyrid meteor shower. There are a lot of hyped articles online saying you could see a hundred meteors per hour. In actuality, it's probably going to be closer to about 10 meteors per hour.

[00:00:21]Still, it's a good meteor shower to see.

[00:00:23]The best viewing, look to the east high in the sky. And we have much more on the Lyrid meteor shower in the science behind it on wral.com.

[00:00:32]As for the International Space Station passes, the caveat here is you have to be an early riser. We'll have daily reminders on viewing this coming up on WRAL News this week.