--- title: Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: Watch Live Stream Online description: On Thursday evening, the magnificent Eta Aquarid meteor shower will rain down on Earth, as debris from Halley's Comet enters the atmosphere canonical: https://time.com/4319508/watch-live-stream-online-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T17:01:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-05T08:50:27.627Z article:section: Science og:title: Watch Live: Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Rains Down on Earth og:description: Learn how comets cause meteor showers while watching the spectacle og:url: https://time.com/4319508/watch-live-stream-online-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395fa69d953db8e3/69889206cd1bba8ca6700942/halleys-comet-meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3710 og:image:height: 2087 og:image:alt: Halley's Comet over Uluru, outback Australia, 1986 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Live: Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower Rains Down on Earth twitter:description: Learn how comets cause meteor showers while watching the spectacle twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395fa69d953db8e3/69889206cd1bba8ca6700942/halleys-comet-meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Rains Down on Earth > Sponsored content. 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Learn how comets cause meteor showers while watching the spectacle_ by [Slooh](https://time.com/author/slooh/) and [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/) May 5, 2016 5:01 PM UTC Learn how comets cause meteor showers while watching the spectacle by [Slooh](https://time.com/author/slooh/) and [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/) May 5, 2016 5:01 PM UTC Debris from [Halley’s Comet](http://www.space.com/32785-halleys-comet-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower-peaks-2016.html) will enter the Earth’s atmosphere Thursday evening in what is known as the [Eta Aquarid meteor shower](http://main.slooh.com/event/the-eta-aquariid-meteor-shower/). Catching the meteors may be tough depending on your location. The meteors enter the Earth’s atmosphere at the speed of 148,000 mph. Slooh, a space broadcasting site, provides a livestream for those afraid they may miss out. The Slooh livestream will be broadcast from the Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands beginning at 8 p.m. EDT, in a feed that will be available above. Slooh host Paul Cox and astronomers Bob Berman and Eric Edelman will provide commentary alongside the livestream. _Slooh is a TIME partner. You can go to_ [_Slooh.com_](http://live.slooh.com/) _to join and watch this live broadcast, snap and share your own photos during the event, chat with audience members and interact with the hosts, and personally control Slooh’s telescopes._ ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Hello, and welcome to the first of two very special live broadcasts here at Slooh. On Monday, we will be bringing you extensive coverage, live coverage, of the transit of Mercury. We have got an absolutely awesome show planned for that rare event. But tonight, We're here to bring live coverage of the Eta Aquariids meteor shower. But as Earth plows through the [ UNKNOWN ] trail left by one of the best known comets, Comet Hailey. This point is known as the radiant. And this radiant can be marked by a particular prominent location. At the streaks of light we see appear to be coming from. Tonight's shower is known as the Eta Aquariids because the meteors look like they're coming from the constellation of Aquarius. [ MUSIC ] Zeus had a history of swooping down from Olympus and taking the form of something or someone else in order to endure himself to the object of his affections. As previously Told stories about Zeus taking on the form of a swan to seduce Leda or even his own daughter Artemis who seduced Callisto. This time, Zeus took the form of an eagle flying down from Mount Olympus and snatching the young prince up in his talents. [ MUSIC ] Reason he had his name attached to it is because before then the comets were first of all thought to be objects just in our own atmosphere. Not things that went around the sun. Nobody thought they orbited the sun. In many ancient cultures the skies were the domain of the gods, and the events that occurred within that domain was their will. Planets were representations of those gods, but comets, they were harbingers. Most of the time, comets were not bringers [ UNKNOWN ] of good news. 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