WASHINGTON (AP) — The Perseids are back to dazzle the sky with bursts of light and color. The annual meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It’s one of the brightest and most easily viewed showers of the year, producing “bright blue meteors — and lo...
To find the Perseid meteor shower, it's a good idea to look for the point in the sky where they appear to originate from, this is known as the radiant. According to NASA, the Perseids' radiant is in thePerseus constellation. Though Perseus isn't the easiest to find, it conveniently fo...
the moon is going to be pretty bright during some of the peak viewing hours, and that may make it hard to see some of the dimmer meteors streaking across the sky. So, with that being said, here's what you'll need to do to take in the Perseids through August 13, with tonight (Aug...
"ring of fire"solar eclipseand a beautifulstrawberry supermoon. But now, the year's best meteor shower,Perseids, has arrived, promising to bring spectacular shooting stars to the summer sky.
The Perseids Are Coming: How to Catch the Meteor Shower of the YearThe Perseids, which peak during mid-August, are widely consideredto be the best meteor shower to...Warner, Kelsey
The Perseids can be viewed any time after dark, but for the most avid stargazer, the meteor count is always highest in the predawn hours when the skies are at their very darkest and when your position on Earth is forward to the motion through the dust cloud.See your local moonrise times...
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patches of “dirty” space, filled with debris. This is why people flock outdoors for some of the best meteor showers of the year (thePerseidsinAugustand theGeminidsinDecember), and why meteor showers make headlines, even when they turn out to be duds (lookin’ at you, Tau Herculids…)...
This week brings us what usually is considered to be the most satisfying of all the annual meteor displays, even surpassing the famous Perseids of August: December's Geminid meteor shower. But as was the case with last month's Leonid Meteors, prospective sky watchers...
Perhaps 75 meteors per hour. Here’s where to look and how to capture some great photos with your iPhone. What are the Perseids? As the Earth orbits the Sun, each year about this time, the orbit of the earth intersects left over debris fromcomet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. When that happens, ...