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.