Cool: the Perseid meteor shower is this weekend!
Via Monkeyfister:
Mark Sunday, August 12th on the calendar. Look towards the east about 9 pm (your local time, wherever you might be). You will almost certainly see lots of meteors -- this is one of the best shows of the year.The Perseids are fantastic. A few years ago when we were lucky enough to have clear skies they looked like tiny fireworks. It was awesome.
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What I found really interesting to read a few years ago was that almost all these meteors are initially no bigger than a grain of sand! Of course it's a grain of sand moving up to 50,000 mph relative to our atmosphere, and against a pretty much black background it makes the streaks we see.
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