The Perseid meteor shower is one of the best shooting star displays of the year. The Perseid meteor shower is one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year. The shower is active from mid ...

Crucially, as well as it being as dark a night sky as possible, at that time the radiant point of the Perseids—the constellation of Perseus—will be highest in the night sky. You don’t need ...

This year August holds two aces up its sleeve: very favorable conditions for the Perseid meteor shower and a close gathering of planets in the west. Look for the Perseids after 10 p.m. the nights ...

That would be quite something. The Perseids are named after the constellation of Perseus, which in turn commemorate the mythical Greek hero who slayed monsters. The husband of Andromeda (that ...

The Perseid shower gets its name because it’s most active when the radiant happens to be in the constellation of Perseus, the constellation that represents a mythological Greek hero. The answer ...