And what better way to get it than from a real-life meteor shower? April is the month to look up and gift your eyes with the dazzling annual Lyrid meteor shower. This celestial spectacle is active between April 16 and 25 when the earth passes through a cloud of debris of a comet that is centuries old. In this case, we are currently going through the debris of Comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), which orbits the Sun every 416 years.
According to NASA meteor expert Bill Cooke, it will be at its peak between April 22 and April 23. The best way to catch it is to look east-southeast just around midnight or the last hour before dawn.
Ideally, you would want to be far away from the city, where the skies are uninterrupted by ambient light and pollution is minimal—like this incredible bubble home in Joshua Tree. However, if the sky is clear, you should be able to see it from your own backyard. So get comfortable and gaze at the sky.