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How to see the year's best meteor shower tonight
Right now the best shooting star show of the year is happening: the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. People have been viewing this annual event pretty much as long as we’ve been recording history. But what are we reall...
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How to see the year's best meteor shower tonight is an episode from Short Wave by NPR. Right now the best shooting star show of the year is happening: the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. People have been viewing this annual event pretty...
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Published Aug 13, 2026, 12:28 long, audio available.
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