The Perseid meteor shower is famous for its bright meteors that often leave long, glowing trails. While in past years the shower has delivered around 40 to 50 visible meteors per hour, this year’s ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...