<div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3dWDPK_0uuyzDvX00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3dWDPK_0uuyzDvX00" width="1200" height="630" ><p>Excitement is building for an annual meteor shower that is expected to peak this weekend. Brian Hackney reports. (8-9-24)</p><nbtemplate data-id="AdPlaceholder" data-content="JTdCJTdE"></nbtemplate></div>

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The Perseid meteor shower will peak Sunday night, giving astronomy fans one of the best shows of 2024 as they look to the skies. The shower started in July and will continue through most of August, but it will peak overnight on Sunday into Monday, NASA said. The Perseids are considered the "best meteor shower of the year" by NASA, with about 50 to 100 meteors seen per hour under ideal conditions. What time will the Perseid meteor shower peak tonight?The best time to catch the Perseids is in the pre-dawn hours, according to NASA, but it is possible to view meteors...

What time and where the Perseid meteor shower will peak

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 The biggest meteor shower of the year is set to peak on Sunday night, coinciding with a rare showing of the northern lights.The Perseid meteor shower has been visible since mid-July but is expected to peak on the night of 11 August, with up to 100 ‘shooting stars’ appearing each hour until dawn.At the same time, space weather forecasters have predicted that sightings of the aurora borealis will be possible in northerly parts of the UK and in some US states following a major solar storm.The US National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said that two plumes of plasma, known...

Perseid meteor shower to peak tonight alongside northern lights

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A pair of polar bears attacked and killed a worker at a remote government radar site in the Canadian Arctic, the facility's operator said, marking at least the second fatal attack since last year.The attack took place Thursday at the outpost on Brevoort Island, in Canada's far northeastern Nunavut territory, said Nasittuq Corporation, the logistics company contracted to operate the site."An attack by two polar bears has resulted in the loss of one of our valued employees," the company said Friday. "Nasittuq employees responded to the scene and one of the animals was put down."The site is one of dozens...

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The Hilltop Athletic Association in Kingston will once again host the weekly Kingston Food Truck Night on Thursdays from 4:30 pm to 8 pm for the third consecutive year. The South Shore Food Truck Association, consisting of 29 local small business owners who operate mobile food vendor trucks and serve the South Shore of Massachusetts, has organized the event to offer the best mobile food options for the community!

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In the early morning hours of August 12, viewers in the Northern Hemisphere could see up to 100 meteors an hour and fireballs streak across the sky from the Perseids.

Meteors will stream across the sky in one of the year’s most anticipated celestial shows

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A display of celestial fireworks is expected to light up the night skies as the Earth passes through a cloud of cometary dust, producing up to 100 meteors every hour.If skies are clear, the Perseid meteor shower should be visible across the UK from around sunset on the night of August 12 until the early hours of August 13.The event is associated with the dusty debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle, which orbits the sun once every 133 years.The meteoroids from the comet, mostly no bigger than a grain of sand, burn up as they hit the Earth’s atmosphere at 36...

Shooting stars to light up night skies with up to 100 meteors every hour

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Correspondent Conor Knighton visits New Jersey beaches along the Delaware Bay to learn about horseshoe crabs – mysterious creatures that predate dinosaurs – whose very blood has proved vital to keeping humans healthy by helping detect bacterial endotoxins. He talks with environmentalists about the decline in the horseshoe crab population, and with researchers who are pushing the pharmaceutical industry to switch its use of horseshoe crab blood with a synthetic alternative used in medical testing.

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Excitement is building for an annual meteor shower that is expected to peak this weekend. Brian Hackney reports. (8-9-24)

Astronomy enthusiasts prepare for annual Perseid meteor shower

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