Annual Perseid Meteor Shower Peak Night

Every August, Earth flies through the debris of a comet and the sky lights up.

The Perseid meteor shower, peaking around August 11-12 each year, is consistently the most watched meteor shower in the Northern Hemisphere, producing up to 100 or more meteors per hour under ideal conditions. The Perseids are caused by Earth passing through the debris trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle, a