First meteor shower of 2022 The Quadrantids meteor shower peaks on January 3rd night and early January 4th morning. Depending on light, this New Year's shower is reported to generate brighter-than-average shooting stars, with 25 to 100 visible meteors per hour. Venus , Mars and Saturn triangle In the next upcoming weeks, Venus, Mars, and Saturn will be gathered together in a tight triangular grouping. The planets will create a triangular shape with changing angles until April 1, when they will appear in a linear fashion. Saturn will join Mars in early April, and the two will appear directly beside one other between April 3 and 5. On April 4, the two planets will be nearest together, separated by only half a degree of arc, roughly equivalent to the diameter of the full moon. Partial Solar eclipse In 2022 (April 30), there will be two partial solar eclipses, which happen when the moon covers part of the sun disc in the sky. The first will be visible over parts of the Pac...