NASA recommends this as a must-see: "If you see one meteor shower this year, make it August's Perseids."

The Perseids are created as the comet Swift-Tuttle travels through our Solar System, leaving a dust trail in its wake. When Earth passes through, the dust cloud specks hit its atmosphere. The showers happen annually between July 17 and August 24.

The shower should be bright enough to not even need binoculars or a telescope, and with no moonlight during its peak activity this will be one of the best year's to observe it.

To spot the shower, look for the constellation of Perseus in a northeast direction. Not caught up on your astronomy? Perseus forms a ‘Y’ shape in its stars. The meteors will appear to shoot outwards from that cluster.

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