13 h. ago How to watch the Lyrid Meteor Shower 2025: Here's where to look for shooting stars and at what time

Look to the skies early tomorrow morning and you might just see a celestial display.

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13 h. ago Lyrid meteor shower to dazzle UK tonight with dozens of shooting stars

Meteor display to light up the night sky on Tuesday

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13 h. ago Met Office issues 'best chance' verdict as Lyrid meteor shower to peak tonight

Brits could see up to 18 "shooting stars" an hour tonight

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18 h. ago Astronomers perplexed by loud bang and green flash over Australian skies

Astronomers are sceptical that the bright fireball was linked to the Lyrid meteor shower

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19 h. ago Lyrid meteor shower peaks tonight with dozens of shooting stars

Meteor display to light up the night sky on Tuesday

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39 h. ago Meteor shower to peak in UK skies tonight with shooting stars visible

The Lyrids can sometimes offer up to 100 meteors an hour

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41 h. ago When the Lyrid meteor shower is set to peak and how to spot it in Scotland skies

The annual meteor shower is set to peak on Tuesday.

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44 h. ago Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks tonight with up to 15 shooting stars flying overhead every hour

If you're a fan of stargazing, make sure you have an eye to the skies this evening. The Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks tonight, with up to 15 'shooting stars' soaring overhead every hour.

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44 h. ago Exact time Lyrid meteor shower is set to dazzle UK skies tonight

Stargazers could witness up to 20 bright and fast shooting stars an hour during the stellar annual display

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63 h. ago Missouri State star Todric McGee dies after suspected accidental shooting

Police found 21-year-old at home after wellness checkSafety was a decorated high school player in KansasMissouri State safety Todric McGee has died at the age of 21 after what has been described as a possible accidental shooting.A Springfield Police Department spokesperson said officers had gone to McGee’s home for a wellness check on Friday morning after receiving a call. They found McGee, who they believe had suffered a “possible accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound”. He was taken to a local hospital but died from his injuries. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago How to catch the shooting stars of spring's first meteor shower, the Lyrids

Spring's first meteor shower is reaching its peak

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5 d. ago Marathon Closed Alpha start date and how you can play the latest Bungie shooter before anyone else

The next big thing in extraction shooters has been revealed, and we're in for a treat as Marathon prepares to launch into its Closed Alpha.

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6 d. ago Arsenal icon's nightclub visits turned to 'hell' after infamous Calvin Klein advert

Former Arsenal star Freddie Ljungberg became a star on the pitch and in the catalogues following his photo shoot for Calvin Klein, but the former Swede paid an uncomfortable price for its success

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6 d. ago Lyrid metor shower 2025: Could UK witness rare 'surge' of 100 shooting stars an hour this year?

A rare 'surge' of fireballs be sometimes be seen during the annual Lyrid meteor shower

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7 d. ago Lyrid meteor shower starts this week – how to see spectacular 'shooting stars' in UK skies

Stargazers could see up to 18 'shooting stars' an hour during the peak of the annual Lyrid meteor shower

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1 week ago Harrowing past of Weezer star's wife revealed after wild shootout with cops

In her book Some Girls, about her time spent in the harem of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, youngest brother of the Sultan of Brunei , she recounted how her father would often hit her if she disobeyed.

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1 week ago Supermarket workers shot dead in and outside store as major investigation launched

Multiple shootings which started inside a supermarket and ended at a worker's home has left two Walmart colleagues dead and a third in a critical condition in hospital

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1 week ago The original Star Wars is back – but what if George Lucas is right about it not being much good?

After 48 years, the 1977 theatrical cut of the movie is set to screen again this summer. It will surely look rather different this time roundCast your mind back, lightsaber-wielding relics of a certain age, to the first time you saw the 1977 theatrical cut of Star Wars. Was it in a cinema, surrounded by gaggles of wide-eyed space cadets astounded by this glittering, laser-blasted disco ball? Or perhaps on a VHS recorded off ITV’s small-screen premiere in 1982? Perhaps, if you’re under 30, you’ve never actually seen it, and a Star Wars without crappy CGI Jabbas, Greedo shooting first and gratuitous Tatooine dinosaurs is something you can’t even imagine. Maybe you actually think it’s called A New Hope, and is a sequel to all those brilliant films about Anakin Skywalker, trade route embargos, and midichlorians.And perhaps you’re right. It’s so long since we’ve seen the original version of Star Wars, our collective memories of it as a gritty, charming space western may be nothing more t...

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2 w. ago Best date to see Lyrid meteor shower this month in rare night sky display

April showers will soon light up the night sky

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2 w. ago Exact time to see the 'Pink micromoon' light up UK skies this weekend

The Pink Moon will rise this weekend ahead of the Lyrid meteor shower peak

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