Another erroneous and misleading meme is going around about an August 12, 2017 meteor shower. Will it light up the whole sky? Be the best in 96 years? Sorry. No.
It's waxing toward full moon and a partial lunar eclipse on August 7-8. This week's waxing moon means moonlight for the Perseid meteor shower on the peak mornings of August 12 and 13.
The August 21 total solar eclipse will last several hours. Bookmark this handy checklist of must-see events and effects, from eclipse gurus Fred Espenak and Mark Littmann.
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The Summer Triangle is a fixture of our skies at this time of year. It's not a constellation. It's an asterism, or noticeable pattern of stars ... in this case, a very large one!
We usually see photos from photographer Josh Blash from the Atlantic coast, up around New Hampshire. This photo of Juárez - in the Chihuahuan Desert - was a delightful surprise.
