2026 is perfect for the Perseid shower! | DW News

Rizzmaxxing 2026: Get ready to see up to a 100 shooting stars per hour! Schedule for August 12-13 and take your date to see the solar eclipse and the Perseid meteor shower. #DWScience What you’ll see glowing there are dust particles and occasional larger chunks shed by the comet Swift-Tuttle on its 133 year-long journey around the sun. The comet is quite a big boy, measuring 26 kilometers (16 miles) across – double the size of the object that wiped out the dinosaurs. It was discovered back in 1862 and got its funky name from the two gentlemen who spotted it first: Lewis Swift and Horace Tuttl…

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