Scott Young is Planetarium Astronomer at Manitoba Museum, and he says last night and early Tuesday morning was the peak time for the Perseids meteor shower.

Young explains meteors are commonly referred to as shooting stars or falling stars. These streaks of light in the sky are caused by little pieces of dust, sand, or rock in outer space, which burn up in our atmosphere.

According to Young, there is a lot of dust scattered in space. And, similar to your home, the dust collects in a few places, causing dust bunnies to form in the earth's orbit. Young says the Perseids meteor shower is like an interplanetary dust bunny, which the earth passes through.

The Perseids meteor shower started already in late July and has been slowly ramping up. Young says by the first week of August, the meteor

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