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Heads up: The sturgeon moon and Perseids lighting up the night sky in August
Peaking in mid-August ( Aug. 12 ), NASA considers this “the best meteor shower of the year,” noting, “With swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long ‘wakes’ of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth’s atmosphere.”
What makes the Perseids great is the quantity of meteors, their showy quality and the August summer nights when you can view ...
August brings Saturn and Neptune together, offers two shadow transits of Titan, and sees a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter.
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The Perseid meteor shower peaks soon, but now’s the time to catch the dazzling display. Here’s why.
Meteor showers like the Perseids often gradually increase in intensity and then peak, before rapidly falling off. In other ...
Every summer, the Perseids meteor shower puts on a celestial display when fragments of space debris vaporize as they fall ...
August’s full moon is the Sturgeon Moon, a name taken from the ancient fish that was once plentiful in the lakes and rivers ...
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