The Perseid Meteor Shower Will Put on Quite the Show This Weekend The Perseid Meteor Shower is making its annual return on August 10 through 13. Astrophysicist Ethan Siegel says
it will be the best and brightest
display that has been put on
by the meteor shower in recent years. Named after the Perseus constellation, the Perseid meteor shower occurs every August when the Earth passes through the Swift-Tuttle comet debris. Bill Cooke, NASA meteor expert,
to Space.com To get the best view, head somewhere with very little light pollution and wait for the sky to get completely dark. At the peak of the meteor
shower, you could potentially
see 60 to 70 meteors per hour. You can search online for a map of artificial sky brightness to help narrow down a good location.