Two meteor showers are raining down this week with peak views starting now
The end of July is soaked in the celestial with two meteor showers lighting up the sky. Both the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are set to peak, back to back, from July 28 to 31.
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The end of July is soaked in the celestial with two meteor showers lighting up the sky. Both the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are set to peak, back to back, from July 28 to 31. A meteor shower occurs when the Earth’s orbit intersects with the cloud of debris left by an asteroid or comet. When we collide with that cloud, these glorious remnants, AKA space trash, burn and fall due to the conditions of atmospheric entry.
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- The end of July is soaked in the celestial with two meteor showers lighting up the sky. Both the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are set to peak, back to back, from July 28 to 31.
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Two meteor showers are raining down this week with peak views starting now
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