The meteor shower is expected to peak from Aug. 12-13, although moonlight will impact meteor visibility. The moon will be 84% ...

The meteor shower occurs annually from about July 17 to Aug. 23, typically peaking in mid-August, according to the American ...

Summer meteor shower season is well underway now that three seperate showers are lighting up the night sky – including the famous Perseids.

The Perseids, the year's most popular meteor shower, will soon peak, but August's full moon could impact viewing. Here's what ...

While the Perseids are active this year from July 14 to Sept. 1, the meteors are expected to reach a peak in activity Sunday and Monday, according to the American Meteor Society.

This year, the Perseid meteor shower will be active from Thursday, July 17 through Aug. 23. Here's what to know.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Perseids are back to dazzle the sky with bursts of light and color. The annual meteor shower, active since July, peaks before dawn Monday. It’s one of the brightest and ...

The Perseids result from “bigger particles than a lot of other showers,” said NASA’s Bill Cooke, giving them the appearance of “bright fireballs” — easier to spot than many others.

The Perseids are particles released from comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle, which was discovered in 1862 by Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle. It orbits the sun once every 133 years, last passing through the ...

THE shower of Perseids has been a fairly conspicuous one this o year notwithstanding the somewhat unfavourable circumstances attending the display. On the nights of August 9, 10, and 11 the nearly ...

FROM my observations in preceding years I found the great shower of Perseids commenced on about July 25, and that the last visible traces of it were seen on August 22, after a duration of 29 days.