News
The Perseids Meteor Shower Peaks This Week: Here's When to Look Up
The source of the shower is periodic comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Discovered by astronomers Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttle in July 1862, records of apparitions for the comet go all the way back to Chinese observations in 322 BCE. The comet was notable as the first linked to an annual meteor shower.
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere).
The San Diego Dark Sky Festival is returning to Julian on August 16th, featuring educational activities, panel discussions, ...
August’s full moon is the Sturgeon Moon, a name taken from the ancient fish that was once plentiful in the lakes and rivers ...
WANE 15 on MSN3d
Party in the Perseids: A party for the stars at Science CentralF ORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Science Central is hosting a party for the stars. Party in the Perseids will be hosted on Saturday ...
Digital Camera World on MSN3d
A solar flare just upped the odds for photographing the Northern Lights this weekend – and the Perseids are starting to heat up tooThe coronal mass ejection hurled from an active sunspot launched a bit sidewise, which lowers the odds of seeing the effects ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback