Outburst of shooting stars up to 200 mph - meteors per hour

Wednesday, August 10, 2016 - 14:22 in Astronomy & Space

The heavens will be bursting with shooting stars this week.bThursday night into early Friday, the annual Perseid (PUR'-see-ihd) meteor shower is expected to peak with double the normal number of meteors. Scientists call this an outburst, and they say it could reach up to 200 meteors per hour.

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