This year’s Perseid meteor shower will be especially flashy
![Perseid meteor over VLT in Chile](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/081116_ticker_perseid_meteor_shower_VLT_-free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky in 2010 over the Very Large Telescope in Chile. This year’s shower could produce up to 200 meteors per hour.
S. Guisard/ESO
A Perseid meteor streaks across the sky in 2010 over the Very Large Telescope in Chile. This year’s shower could produce up to 200 meteors per hour.
S. Guisard/ESO