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The Perseid meteor shower will peak between Aug. 12 and Aug. 13. Dubbed the "best meteor shower of the year" by NASA, this shower typically has the capacity to produce 50 to 100 visible meteors ...
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.
In 2025, the sky will be illuminated by 12 full Moons, plenty of meteor showers, four eclipses and three Supermoons. Here's a calendar with the best astronomical events you won't want to miss ...
The northern lights and the Perseid meteor shower can be seen in the sky above Joshua Tree National Park in the early morning hours over California on August 12, 2024. - Apu Gomes/AFP/Getty Images
This list of meteor streams and peak activity times is based on data from the International Meteor Organization while most of the parent body associations are from Gary W. Kronk book, Meteor Showers: A Descriptive Catalog, Enslow Publishers, New Jersey, ISBN 0-89490-071-4, and from Peter Jenniskens's book, "Meteor Showers and Their Parent ...
METEOR SHOWERS. The Perseids and Geminids are perennial crowd-pleasers, peaking in August and December, respectively. But don’t count out the smaller, less dramatic meteor showers like the Lyrids in April, the Orionids in October and the Leonids in November. The darker the locale and dimmer the moon, the better it will be for viewing.
Meteor showers will be few and far between during the first half of 2025, but two will peak in the spring sky. The Lyrids will unfold first on the night of Monday, April 21, into Tuesday, April 22 ...
The Perseid meteor shower is typically the most impressive of the year because it can produce the highest rate of shooting stars in the night sky. This year’s peak could be even more dazzling ...