Two meteor showers light up Utah's skies

• Utah is a great place to watch with our abundance of dark skies.

How it works: The Lyrids meteor shower, which comes from the debris of Comet C/1861 G1 Thatcher, is active April 17 through April 26, per NASA.

• "Lyrids don't tend to leave long, glowing dust trains behind them as they streak through the Earth's atmosphere, but they can produce the occasional bright flash called a fireball," NASA notes.

Meanwhile, the Eta Aquarids meteor shower is active from April 19 through May 28 and peaks on May 5-6, according to the American Meteor Society.