The Perseid meteor shower reached its peak, and stunning photos captured moments of the meteor shower around the world. "The Perseids, which peak in mid-August, are considered the best meteor shower ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — There’s still time to catch the Perseid meteor shower, with darker skies now offering better viewing than during its moonlit peak. Stargazers who head out between now and Aug. 23 ...

Stargazers sporadically interrupted their quiet chatter with excited cheering and clapping as they spotted the occasional meteor, also known as a shooting star, flashing briefly across the night sky ...

The Perseids meteor shower peaks August 12–13, with the best viewing between midnight and 3 a.m. An 84% full Moon will reduce visibility, making faint meteors harder to see. Viewers may still catch 10 ...

The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most popular and most watched meteor showers each year. It happens when Earth moves through a path filled with dust and small rocks left by Comet Swift-Tuttle.

Perseid Meteor Shower as viewed from 4,000 above, Greenwater, WA. The crescent moon set just after sunset. We saw a few dozen most in the Northeastern sky. I was happy that I captured 2 of them. Here ...

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One of the most dazzling meteor showers of the year is about to take a bow and exit stage left, but there's still time for stargazers in Washington state to catch one last show. The annual Perseid ...

Everything about this rare cosmic combo could turn any stargazer into a believer Carlos Avila Gonzalez/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Get ready for a colorful, starry spectacle! Tonight’s skies ...