The Perseid meteor shower, which makes its appearance every year in Earth’s sky, reaches its peak with up to 100 meteors per hour expected
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The most reliable meteor shower of the year peaks on the night of 12-13 August. Astronomer Ninian Boyle shows you how to shoot it
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The meteor shower could put on an even more impressive show thanks to comet Swift-Tuttle getting gravitational assistance from Jupiter
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