Fireball Season for Earth: Meteors Light Sky in Cosmic Display (Video)

It's fireball season for Earth. But don't worry; it's not literal. Instead, you may get some amazing opportunities to see cosmic lightshows from your very own backyard.

Ever since the dramatic meteorite blazed across the skies of Russia in February, the public has wondered if there's any way to actually anticipate such a display. Although meteors not associated with an annual shower are difficult to predict, there are some patterns that sky gazers can keep in mind when looking out for an exceptionally bright meteor.

Spring, in general, is "fireball season." A fireball is any meteor that shines more brightly than Venus in the sky. In general, the number of bright meteor sightings increases by as much as 30 percent, according to Space.com. In particular, the three day stretch from April 23 to April 25 (Tuesday to Thursday this week) is possibly the best time to witness a fireball event.

So why are these three days the best days to see a fireball? Unlike the Lyrid meteor shower, which peaked on Sunday, fireballs can be created when a meteroid from a "river of rubble" orbiting the sun breaks off and enters our atmosphere. In fact, a fireball stream is made up of objects that are considerably larger than the ones that featured in the Lyrid meteor shower.

Of course, the evidence for this event is purely circumstantial. In the 1960s, two fireballs appeared on April 23 and April 25. After the debris left from these two events was examined, researchers found that the meteors were remarkably similar. In fact, the researchers estimated that they both came from Corvus, a constellation that appears low in the southeast sky around 9 p.m. EDT.

Yet this speculation about increased fireballs may turn out to be fact--at least in Argentina. Concert-goers in the country spied what appeared to be a large meteor streaking across the night sky on April 22. You can check it out for yourself below, courtesy of The Telegraph.