The most popular meteor shower of the summer is about to peak in Washington.

During the Perseid meteor shower, hundreds of bright, fast-moving meteors zip across the night sky.

The dazzling display of shooting stars, which typically reaches its height in mid-August, is “considered the best meteor shower of the year,” according to NASA.

Here’s how to watch the celebrated celestial show:

What is the Perseid meteor shower?

The Perseids are a combination of leftover comet dust and particles from broken asteroids.

When Earth passes through these trails of space debris, the scraps “collide with our atmosphere and disintegrate to create fiery and colorful streaks in the sky,” NASA said.

The vibrant shower gets its name from the Perseus constellation, since meteors seem to extend outwar

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