meteor shower

noun

: a large number of meteors seen in a short time

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Time to roll out your picnic blanket and unfold those lawn chairs: A meteor shower is set to streak across the (very) early morning sky on May 6. Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 5 May 2025 This springtime meteor shower is predicted to peak on the evening of May 5 and early hours of May 6. Tom Hawking, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2025 During that journey, sky-watchers will see the peak of a meteor shower and the return — albeit just before dawn — of a par ade of four planets, with Venus and Saturn impressing. Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025 There’s no bad time to see the stars, but for a real spectacle, show up on a moonless night in July or August when the Perseid meteor shower is at its most active. Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for meteor shower

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“Meteor shower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/meteor%20shower. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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