Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Peaks This Week, but Moonlight Will Mute the Show
The Eta Aquarid meteor bathe, born from the mud of Halley’s Comet, peaks earlier than daybreak on May 5 and 6, but a vivid waning gibbous moon is ready to scrub out lots of the fainter streaks this 12 months. Skywatchers hoping for the bathe’s typical charge of as much as 50 meteors per hour…