Look up, because the sky is about to put on its most magical performance of the summer!

Meteor shower season spans from summer through late fall, with several major showers — including Perseids , Orionids and Geminids — lighting the night sky at different points each year.

Every year in August , the Earth sails through a dusty debris left behind by comet Swift-Tuttle, and that space dust collides with our atmosphere to create the spectacular Perseid meteor shower .

The Perseids are especially famous for their brilliant fireballs . These exceptionally bright meteors burst with intense light and often linger longer than a typical shooting star.

NASA considers this “the best meteor shower of the year,” producing “swift, bright meteors that frequently leave long wakes of light

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