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The Perseid meteor shower starts tonight and continues into Thursday morning, according to NASA.

This is one of the best meteor showers of the year, not only are the meteors bright, but the weather is warm, making it comfortable to sit outside and watch, and this year should not disappoint.

Pop those popcorns, spread those blankets, and ready those wishes, because tonight we’re going to have one of the best meteor showers of the year. Each year the Earth passes into the debris cloud, and its small chunks of comet dust and ice burn up as they hit the...

The weather forecast looks good for Perseid viewing, with mostly clear skies and overnight lows in the lower 60s early Thursday morning.

“This year’s Perseid meteor shower peaks on August 12 and 13th”, says Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office.

The meteor shower occurs in about the same spot in the night sky every year, because the fragments remain in Earth’s orbit and we keep passing through it; the Perseids in particular shows off its light show in the northwest sky. The showers tend to come in spurts, so there...

There will be no moonlight to upstage the meteor shower because of the phase of the lunar cycle, so no binoculars or telescope will be needed. “Fortunately, in 2015, the waning crescent moon comes up shortly before sunrise, so you’re guaranteed of dark skies for this...