Sky Lights: Perseid Meteor Shower

The sky's ups and downs—not to mention rights and lefts—are full of meaning.

By Bob Berman
Aug 2, 2004 5:00 AMMay 9, 2023 7:47 PM

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Outer Space has no latitude or longitude, no north or south, no vertical or horizontal. And yet direction—or sometimes the lack of it—is crucial to understanding our place in the universe.

WHAT’S UP IN THE AUGUST SKY

Good news for early risers: Venus dazzles in the predawn sky, and the Perseid meteors peak after midnight. Meanwhile, evening planets Jupiter and Mars slide toward invisibility.

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