The biggest and best of the summer\u2019s string of meteor showers is now underway. The Perseids – known for bringing bright fireballs that arc across the sky – started in mid-July.<\/p>\n
The meteor shower is expected to be more visible as it continues to ramp up toward its peak, which will be Aug. 12 and Aug. 13. These \u201cshooting stars\u201d will remain visible until around Aug. 23, according to NASA.<\/p>\n
So if you\u2019re ready to celebrate summer with some eye candy in the night sky, this is the event for you. Host your own \u201cstar party\u201d by inviting friends over for some skywatching fun, or just tip your head back do a little solo marveling.<\/p>\n
What makes this one so special?<\/p>\n
\u201cWith swift and bright meteors, Perseids frequently leave long \u2018wakes\u2019 of light and color behind them as they streak through Earth\u2019s atmosphere,\u201d according to NASA\u2019s primer on this meteor shower.<\/a> \u201cThe Perseids are one of the most plentiful showers with about 50 to 100 meteors seen per hour. They occur with warm summer nighttime weather, allowing sky watchers to comfortably view them.\u201d<\/p>\n The best time to see the Perseids is in the very dark sky before dawn. But, some nights, they can be seen as early as 10 p.m.<\/p>\n So, what\u2019s with the fireballs? According to NASA, these are really colorful explosions of light that can make the \u201cshooting star\u201d look of a meteor seem brighter and longer than an average sky streak.<\/p>\n Perseids originate from the debris trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle. The fireballs come from the larger pieces of these comet leftovers.<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The biggest and best of the summer\u2019s string of meteor showers is now underway. The Perseids – known…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[11645,11646,11647,11648,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-60908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-science","8":"tag-cleveland-national-forest","9":"tag-night-sky","10":"tag-perseid","11":"tag-pines","12":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}