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Perseid Meteor Shower To Peak This Weekend

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the go-out-and-watch-the-sights dept.

Krishna Dagli writes "This weekend provides one of the year's best opportunities to see some "shooting stars". The annual Perseid meteor display is expected to peak on Friday and Saturday night. Meteors are bits of dust or rock that plunge into the Earth's atmosphere and burn up, making bright streaks in the sky. It does not take a large object to produce a visible meteor — most are the size of a grain of sand or a small pebble."

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  1. not good enough by aunaturelle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I must say that for this article and its gross html errors to appear on the front page of a technology and information website is just not good enough. I think the editors need to have a cold hard stare in the mirror after this, Its not like this is a college run blog with only a few hundred readers, This is /. for crying out loud.

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  2. A Note to the Editors by lullabud · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Use the Preview Button! Check those URLs!