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Is tonight a full moon? Here's when and how to watch zooming fireballs in the sky from Perseid meteor shower — this weekend.
A trio of astronomical events will take place within a single week this month, including a well-known meteor shower.
The full moon occurs on the 9th in the constellation of Aquarius — the Perseid meteor showers peak from August 11-13. Venus ...
The best viewing sites are inland foothills, mountains and desert areas that offer a clear, broad view of the sky.
Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, ...
AMS says the best time to see any meteor shower is between midnight and dawn. According to NASA, the Perseids can be seen as ...
Is tonight a full moon? Here's when and how to watch zooming fireballs in the sky from Perseid meteor shower — this weekend.
Beat the Florida heat, especially if you can't sleep, and head outside to see the Perseids meteor shower this weekend. One of ...
Every summer, the Perseids meteor shower puts on a celestial display when fragments of space debris vaporize as they fall ...
In this edition of WTOP’s monthly space feature, “What’s up in the sky?” Greg Redfern tells you how to see the moon, planets, stars and Perseid meteor shower.
This is M31, the Andromeda Galaxy. M31 is a large spiral galaxy that’s only 2.5 billion light years away from us. With a ...
August 2025 brings the Full Sturgeon Moon on August 9, a Venus-Jupiter conjunction on August 12 and the peak of the Perseid ...