Astronomers have announced that on May 30-31, the inhabitants of the Earth may be able to observe a new meteor shower. Such reports have caused a lot of rumors about Tau-Herculides (new meteor shower - ed.. ), some of which are true, and some are not, according to NASA.

The agency notes that often such events do not look as bright as expected.. Therefore, the chances that the Tau Herculids will be a bright meteor shower are estimated at about 50/50.

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What is known about this meteor shower exactly.

From the evening of May 30 to the morning of May 31, the Earth will pass through the debris trail of comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann. It broke up into large fragments in 1995.. Then these fragments continued to crumble. If such particles travel at a high enough speed to reach the Earth, then we can observe a new meteor shower..

Spitzer observations in 2009 showed that at least some of them are moving fast enough..

So scientists started talking about a new meteor shower.

But, if starfall can still be seen, the meteors will move slowly and be dim.. The most favorable conditions for observations will be in North America.

" We can only hope it will be amazing,” NASA said..

Earlier, astronomers from the Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine discovered five exocomets - comets that revolve around a star in another system..