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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.
Every summer, the Perseid meteor shower peaks in mid-August, drawing tons of eyes to the sky for the evening. "Perseid" comes from the constellation Perseus, known as the radiant of the meteor shower.
Here’s how to see it from your backyard. Tonight's Perseid meteor shower will be the brightest cosmic display of the year. Here’s how to see it from your backyard.
The Perseid meteor shower is one of the highlights of the year for many skygazers due to its high hourly rate and bright meteors, caused by the Earth slamming into the debris left behind by comet ...
The Perseids meteor shower is often the best of the year, with bright fireballs and colorful tails. A planetary conjunction of Jupiter and Mars will also be visible to the naked eye this weekend ...
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.
The annual Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight Sunday and into the predawn hours Monday, giving skywatchers around the world a chance to enjoy one of the best shooting star displays of the year.
The Zeta Perseids (ζ–Perseids) are a daylight meteor shower that takes place from about May 20 to July 5. [1] On the peak date of June 13, the radiant is only 16 degrees from the Sun. [3] The shower was discovered at Jodrell Bank Observatory in 1947 using radio equipment. [1]