A meteor from the Tau Herculids meteor bathe passes over Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada on May 30, 2022. A meteor bathe recognized for producing fireballs, the Southern Taurids, is anticipated to peak this week.

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A meteor from the Tau Herculids meteor bathe passes over Valley of Fire State Park in Nevada on May 30, 2022. A meteor bathe recognized for producing fireballs, the Southern Taurids, is anticipated to peak this week.

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Look up into the sky over the subsequent few nights and also you may catch a glimpse of a passing fireball.

The Southern Taurids meteor bathe is about to peak Sunday and Monday, giving viewers an opportunity to see what are sometimes referred to as taking pictures stars hovering above our planet.

According to the American Meteor Society, the Southern Taurids meteor bathe has been lively since September and is about to achieve its peak exercise this week.

“Space rocks” and different materials hurtling by way of the cosmos — together with items of asteroids, comets and even the moon or Mars — are referred to as meteoroids. Meteoroids that enter Earth’s ambiance are referred to as meteors.

The Taurid meteor stream, which incorporates each the Southern Taurids and the Northern Taurids, comes from the Comet Enke, a 2.98 mile-wide physique that orbits the solar simply over each three years.

The Southern Taurids and the Northern Taurids, that are set to peak subsequent Saturday, account for a spike in fireball experiences between September and November every year, the AMS stated.

“Fireball” — imagine it or not — is a time period actually used by NASA to explain meteors that glow as vibrant or brighter than Venus.

If you wish to attempt to see a Taurid fireball this week, Space.com recommends finding a darkish viewing level removed from mild air pollution and scanning the evening sky surrounding Jupiter.

And be affected person: whereas the Taurids can churn out some terribly vibrant fireballs, they solely produce about 5 meteors per hour at most.