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The Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: Here's When to Look Up
The source of the shower is periodic comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Discovered by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle in July 1862, records of apparitions for the comet go all the way back to Chinese observations in 322 BCE. The comet was notable as the first linked to an annual meteor shower.
Like Karla Coreil, who saw a spectacular shooting star in 2014 while kayaking at night in the Vieques bioluminescent bay in ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Get ready to look up, Rocket City! One of the most dazzling astronomical events of the year is about to ...
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