News Stories relating to "perseids"

Go outside on Sunday, August 11th just after 9 p.m. andyou'll see streaming meteors that will skim the atmospherehorizontally and leave colorful, long-lasting trails.

Space contains lots of small asteroids and comet dust. Whenthey hit the Earth's atmosphere, they appear as fierystreaks of light. From August 11 through 13, the...