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Perseid meteor shower to brighten night sky as it peaks this week

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The Perseids are active from mid-July and are predicted to peak overnight from Monday 12 August to Tuesday 13 August .

Best viewed in the northern hemisphere, the spectacle occurs when the Earth slams into material shed from the comet 109P /Swift-Tuttle.

The meteor shower arises at the same time and from the same part of the sky each year .

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