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Stories about: Perseid

Summer Meteor Showers Start Brightening the Sky August comes within a week and this time of the year is perfect for watching meteorites in the Northern Hemisphere. Even if the best views are in mid-August, part of the show starts before, meteor showers can be spotted this year from July 12 to the end of August.The annual Perseid shower is the peak of the summer me... 24 July 2010 05:11 GMT This Year's September Perseids Came as a Surprise Normally, the celestial phenomenon of the September Perseids is not worth staying up and watching. It's a meteor shower of reduced dimensions and intensity, as seen from the Earth. Or, at least, it was until this year. Most meteor enthusiasts and researchers, NASA's Bill Cooke included, were taken by surpri... 12 November 2008 07:56 GMT