Orlando, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – NASA calls it one of the best meteor showers of the year. The Perseid meteor shower is set to peak August 12th and 13th, delivering a dazzling display of up to 25 meteors per hour. Originating from the Swift-Tuttle comet, the Perseids have been watched by people for thousands of years.
Every year, the sky comes alive with the Perseid meteor shower.
“The meteors we see are actually dust grains hitting the atmosphere and burning up in a flash of light,” said Yan Fernandez, PhD, Professor of Astronomy, University of Central Florida…