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Daily Archives: August 12th, 2016

Day 224: The Perseid Meteor Shower Part 1

There is an annual event where the Earth swings through a trail of rubble left behind from a comet (there are several, actually) called the Perseid Meteor Shower.  We see this as shooting stars (meteors) for a night or two in August. From The New York Times: “The Perseids occur when Earth runs into pieces […]