✨ 500,000 stars shine in this image by #NASAWebb of Sagittarius C, a star-forming region about 300 light-years away from the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way’s center. | NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center

Stargazers were treated to a spectacle when the Lyrid meteor shower lit up the night sky over the north-eastern province of Jilin at the weekend. The annual event usually occurs between 19 and 23 April when the Earth passes through the dusty tail of comet Thatcher | The Guardian

18K views · 797 reactions | Stargazers remain focused on 2019 as one of the year’s top meteor showers is about to put on a dazzling display in the night sky. https://bit.ly/2YGZDOF | AccuWeather | Facebook

In this timelapse video, the Milky Way arcs over the Mack Reef archipelago at Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge as Perseid meteors streak across the sky. The popular annual meteor shower started in July and will peak on the night of August 12. Video by Peter Pearsall / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Department of the Interior