--- 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: 2026-03-30T12:06:52.739Z 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Rains Down on Earth by [Slooh](https://time.com/author/slooh/) and [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/) May 5, 2016 5:01 PM UTC  Halley's Comet Halley's CometImpressions Photography/Getty Images 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._ Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower: Watch Live Stream Online ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4319508/watch-live-stream-online-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4319508/watch-live-stream-online-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower/"},"headline":"Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Rains Down on Earth","datePublished":"2016-05-05T17:01:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-30T12:06:52.739Z","description":"Learn how comets cause meteor showers while watching the spectacle","url":"https://time.com/4319508/watch-live-stream-online-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower/","keywords":["Space","Science"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395fa69d953db8e3/69889206cd1bba8ca6700942/halleys-comet-meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Slooh","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/slooh/"},{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt395fa69d953db8e3/69889206cd1bba8ca6700942/halleys-comet-meteor-shower.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Halley's Comet over Uluru, outback Australia, 1986","caption":"Halley's Comet","creditText":"Impressions Photography/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4319508/watch-live-stream-online-eta-aquarid-meteor-shower/","name":"Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower Rains Down on Earth"}}]}] ```