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Perseids are known for their bright fireballs and plentiful meteors. The show started on July 17, and will run through Aug.
August’s full moon is the Sturgeon Moon, a name taken from the ancient fish that was once plentiful in the lakes and rivers ...
The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak next week, dazzling Texas skies with shooting stars. The meteor shower, which has ...
The Perseids Meteor Shower is one of the best and most popular meteor showers of the year, and it'll soon be at its peak.
There is one catch to the Perseid meteor shower this year, the peak is close to August's full moon on Aug. 9, which means the ...
The annual meteor shower is usually easiest to catch just before dawn when they're appearing in the darkest part of the night ...
The meteor shower is usually considered the best of the year. NASA explained Aug. 4 why stargazers might not want to watch it ...
Alexandria Echo Press reporter Lisa Johnson and Astro Bob talk about the Perseid meteor shower, Jupiter and Venus, and the return of Mercury in this episode of "Minnesota Night Skies." ...
The source of the Perseid meteor shower is comet 109P/Swift–Tuttle, which takes 133 years to orbit the Sun once. In 1865, ...
The biggest and best of the summer’s string of meteor showers is now underway. The Perseids - known for bringing bright ...
There's plenty to see in the night sky in August 2025, ranging from planetary conjunctions to spotting the Dumbbell Nebula.