If you want to get into stargazing in 2025, there’s no better place to start than viewing a meteor shower. Watching a meteor shower is one of the most accessible ways to engage with the night sky. Each meteor shower is named after its radiant, or the constellation that the shower appears to come from. The Next Big Meteor Shower: the Eta AquariidsThe Eta Aquariids are active from about April 19 to May 28. In the northern hemisphere, the Eta Aquariids are a medium-strength shower that produces about 10 to 30 meteors per hour.