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Stories about: Perseid

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