Strange Universe: The Perseids 8/7/22

By Bob Berman

Published August 8, 2022 at 2:57 PM EDT

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Every summer there’s a great meteor shower, the Perseids. Some years they are spectacular, other years you only see a tenth of what’s happening. We’ll hear how visible the shooting stars will be this year.

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