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A meteor streaks through the night sky early Monday during the annual Perseid meteor shower behind St Mark's Tower, a 17th century coastal fortification near the village of Bahar ic-Caghaq, Malta.
This long exposure picture shows a meteor crossing the night sky over the Post-Camaldolese monastery in the village of Wigry, Suwalki region, during the annual Perseids meteor shower early on ...
The Perseid meteor shower is active and visible annually from mid-July to late August. This year, the shower will peak between Aug. 11 through Aug. 13, with visibility a few days on either side of ...
The Perseids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Swift–Tuttle that are usually visible from mid-July to late-August.The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear from the general direction of the constellation Perseus and in more modern times have a radiant bordering on Cassiopeia and Camelopardalis.
What time did the Perseid meteor shower peak? The best time to catch the Perseids was in the pre-dawn hours, according to NASA, but it was possible to view its meteors as early as 10 p.m.
A meteor streaks across the sky during the Perseids meteor shower peak at Pedernales Falls State Park in Johnson City, Texas, on Aug. 12, 2024. Credit - Rick Kern—Getty Images
In most years, the most visible meteor shower is the Perseids, which peak on 12 August of each year at over one meteor per minute. NASA has a tool to calculate how many meteors per hour are visible from one's observing location. The Leonid meteor shower peaks around 17 November of each year. The Leonid shower produces a meteor storm, peaking at ...
Meteor shower season is in full swing with the Perseids next to peak, a highly-anticipated star-centered spectacle that arrives on the heels of the rare double meteor shower that took place at the ...