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ScienceCasts: A Good Year for Perseid Meteors

This week, Earth passes through a stream of debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle, source of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Forecasters say the show could be especially good this year because the Moon is nearly new when the shower peaks on Aug. 12-13. Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. Click her

NASA ScienceCasts: Nature’s Fireworks Show in August

The Perseid Meteor Shower peaks on the night of August 12 into the morning of August 13. With a clear sky, observers will be able to see up to 60 meteors per hour at its peak. Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA NASA Science: http://science.nasa.gov/ This video is from 2018

ScienceCasts: August 2017: A Big Month for Astronomy

Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/NASA Visit http://science.nasa.gov/ for more. The Perseid meteor shower will peak on August 11, 12, and 13, and a Total Solar Eclipse will be visible in the United States from coast to coast on August 21. (This video is from 2017)