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Tonight's Perseid meteor shower will be the brightest cosmic display of the year. Here’s how to see it from your backyard.
This time-lapse photo shows the Perseid meteor shower in the skies over the massive stone head sculptures at the archaeological site of Mount Nemrut in Adyaman, southeastern Turkey, on Aug. 11, 2024.
The Perseids are active from July to September, but each year the dazzling meteor shower reliably peaks in August. This weekend is the time to see it. Perseids to peak this weekend: When and how ...
The Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday night into early Monday morning and will boast up to 100 meteors per hour. "This meteor shower is perhaps the most popular as it is active during the ...
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 .
View 50-100 meteors per hour during this year's Perseid meteor shower. Viewing conditions, best stargazing hours and more.
The 2024 Perseid meteor shower is about to put on a show, with up to 100 meteors per hour expected to be soon streaking across the night-time skies.
The Perseid meteor shower has already begun, but the peak time to watch it in the U.S. is the night of Aug. 11-12, says Alex Filippenko, a distinguished professor of astronomy at the University of ...