A 'meteor storm' of 1,000 shooting stars per hour may light up the skies over North America is coming next week. The Tau Herculids meteor shower may light up the skies over North America on May 30 and 31. Or it may not. There's a chance we might pass through the thickest part of the comet fragment that is creating the debris, in which case the night skies will be filled with shooting stars. Meteor storm of 1,000 shooting stars per hour possible this week | Space
I was outside last night from 11:00pm to 12:30am and only counted 9 meteors. It was kind of disappointing to say the least! Here is an article from space.com on tonight's shooting stars. tau Herculid meteor shower drops fireballs, no 'meteor storm,' | Space New tau Herculid meteor shower drops bright fireballs, but no 'meteor storm,' for stargazers. While the shooting star fiesta never hit "meteor storm" conditions (with up to 1,000 meteors an hour), it did produce enough luminous meteors to catch attention around the world.
