WASHINGTON, May 5 (UPI) -- Every year, the Eta Aquarid meteor shower lights up the sky as Earth spirals through the debris from Halley's Comet. This year's peak occurs on Tuesday at about 9 a.m. EDT, according to NASA.
The meteors will come into view at a rate of 30 space rocks per hour near the shower's peak at speeds reaching 148,000 mph.