It is a good time to learn a few more constellations and get a renewed feeling for our Place in Space.
Meteors are tiny bits of rock, metals and gas left behind by passing comets.
When our planet passes through a comet debris trail we see many more these tiny bits burn up in Earth's atmosphere than usual. Each year our planet's path around the Sun takes us through the remnants left behind by Comet Swift-Tuttle, causing one of the most active showers, called the Perseid Meteor Shower. The peak of activity occurs around August 12 to 13th. Watch the sky on the pre-dawn mornings of Nov. 17 and 18 . This is because the comet that supplies this debris stream has recently passed by.