The peak of the annual Lyrid meteor shower has just passed. A group of stargazers was able to see a bright fireball meteor with me last Friday night while learning about space in Frankfort. Most meteors are a tiny, little more than the size of a grain of sand. They glow so brightly and appear as shooting stars because they hit the atmosphere of the Earth moving at tremendous speeds â about 30,000 mph on average. That energy of motion, known as kinetic energy, is transformed into heat and light as the meteor is slowed by the atmosphere. Meteor showers like the Lyrids occur on an annual ba...