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Colorado’s night skies will be filled with hundreds of shooting stars this month as one of the best meteor showers of the ...
The Perseid meteor shower, one of the biggest and best meteor showers on the calendar, is back and ready to put on a show.
The Perseids meteor shower is about to reach its peak, coinciding with a Sturgeon Moon this weekend to create a dazzling ...
Science Central is hosting a party for the stars. Party in the Perseids will be hosted on Saturday, August 9 from 6:00 p.m. to 9 p.m. Party in the Perseids is a family-friendly event celebrating the ...
According to NASA, the best time to view the Perseids is in the early morning hours before dawn, when the radiant - the point the meteors appear to come from - is highest in the northeastern sky.
One of the most prolific meteor showers of the year will peak overnight on Aug. 12-13, but a bright moon will reduce its ...
The meteors are called the Perseids because they appear to radiate from the constellation Perseus, which at that time of ...
Naturalists at local parks will have telescopes and offer tips to see the meteors. And 2 planets offer a consolation prize just before sunrise.
A formation known as the "Dumbbell Nebula" – nicknamed because it looks like a dumbbell – should be easy to spot throughout ...
The coronal mass ejection hurled from an active sunspot launched a bit sidewise, which lowers the odds of seeing the effects ...
Plus: The August Full Sturgeon Moon shines, the colorful double star Albireo sparkles, and Mercury reappears in the sky this ...
Earthgrazers are Perseid meteors that strike the atmosphere at a very shallow angle, like a stone deftly skipped across the ...