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Meteor shower puts on a show

A meteorite of the Lyrid swarm flares up in the atmosphere on the outskirts of Salgotarjan, Hungary, late April 21.
A meteorite of the Lyrid swarm flares up in the atmosphere on the outskirts of Salgotarjan, Hungary, late April 21.Peter Komka / EPA
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The annual Lyrid meteor shower will hit its peak this weekend and promises to put on an eye-catching display. So much so, NASA is pulling out all the stops.

NASA scientists plan to track the Lyrid meteor shower using a network of all-sky cameras on Earth, as well as from a student-launched balloon in California. Meanwhile, an astronaut on the International Space Station will attempt to photograph the meteors from space.

-- Reported by Tariq Malik of space.com

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