There’s going to be an amazing show visible all over the world this week, and it’s not the Olympics.This week marks the peak of the Perseid Meteor shower, which occurs every year as the Earth passes through a trail of debris left behind by the Swift-Tuttle comet. During that time, people can see plenty of bright meteors streaking across the sky at speeds of 132,000 miles per hour. It’s a gorgeous, firey sight, best viewed away from city lights in the darkest hours of the night, between midnight and dawn. Under perfect conditions, rates could soar to 200 meteors per hour.
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