The annual Perseid meteor shower will illuminate the night sky with up to 60 stars shooting across the sky per hour tonight.
Every year at this very time, Earth passes through the orbit of a comet called Swift Tuttle, and pieces of debris from it enter the planet’s atmosphere at more than 100,000 mph and burn up.
It can be seen during the July’s last week or August’s first week, but the peak will come tonight, ABC Reported.
Bill Cooke of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office said that the best time to view the showers will be right before dawn.
The shower can be viewed anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, if weather conditions permit. (ANI)