For the Lyrids, the parent body is Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, a long-period comet, going around the Sun every 415 years or so.

A dazzling celestial display will light up the night sky in the form of the first meteor shower in three months. The Lyrid ...

The Lyrids are one of the world’s oldest known meteor showers, with the first observations recorded about 2,700 years ago.

This April 22, you have the chance to catch a meteor shower called the Lyrids.  The meteors are fragments of Comet Thatcher, ...

The Lyrids are set to dazzle the night sky April 21 to 22, offering stargazers a chance to glimpse a yearly phenomenon.

To best see the Lyrid meteor shower, Griffith Observatory's director suggests heading to the mountains or desert to get away ...

Stargazers should be able to see between 10 and 15 meteors per hour streaking across the sky at the peak time.