meteor
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A Lyrid meteor is seen in the sky above Liverpool, UK, in April 2025.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The Lyrids are not the only meteor shower to visit our skies in April.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
Charlotte Bays, secretary of the UK Fireball Alliance, said the meteor had been spotted across northern Europe at about 00:24 BST on Monday, but finding any material from it was unlikely.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Bays said stargazers should keep their eyes to the skies over the coming weeks as the Lyrids meteor shower was expected to start shortly and peak on April 22.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The meteor hit approximately fifty thousand years ago and weighed several hundred thousand tons!
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
Vocabulary lists containing meteor
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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