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Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight Under New‑Moon Skies

Dark new‑moon skies promise unusually good visibility, with local clouds, wildfire smoke, light pollution determining what viewers actually see.

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Under Moonless Skies on Aug. 12–13

Perseid Meteor Shower Set to Peak the Night of August 12–13, 2026

Two Meteor Showers Peak Overnight as Buck Moon Dims the Display

Two Meteor Showers Peak Together on Night of July 30–31

Perseids Set for New‑Moon Peak That Could Deliver Unusually Bright Fireballs

Perseid Meteor Shower Is Active and Set To Peak Overnight on Aug. 12–13

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks During New Moon and Solar Eclipse

Moon Joins Mars, Saturn and Uranus in Dawn Conjunction

Venus Slides Past Regulus in a Weeklong Evening Show and Returns Near the Crescent Moon Next Week

Mars and Uranus Make an Unusually Tight Predawn Pairing

Large Asteroid 1997 NC1 to Pass Safely About 2.56 Million km From Earth

ESA Confirms Large Asteroid Will Fly Safely Past Earth on 27 June

Mile-Scale Asteroid Will Make Close but Safe Flyby of Earth on June 27

Large Asteroid 1997 NC1 to Make Safe Close Pass of Earth on June 27

June Bootids Meteor Shower Expected to Peak This Week

Solar Eclipse on August 12 Will Cross Northern Spain and Be Seen Across Europe

Daytime Moon Occults Venus Across Much of the U.S. on June 17

NASA Confirms 2027 Total Solar Eclipse Will Last About Six Minutes and 22–23 Seconds

Venus and Jupiter Make a Bright 'Cosmic Kiss' in Low Evening Sky