The sky will brighten up tonight with the best meteor shower of the year

The sky will brighten up tonight with the best meteor shower of the year

The Perseids, considered by NASA to be the “best meteor shower of the year,” reaches its peak tonight, Saturday through Sunday.

According to the US space agency, unlike last year when the Perseids coincided with the full moon, this year the moon will be in the crescent phase, which will allow “even some of the weakest meteors to be observed.”

By Chris Skeldon

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