The orbit of the meteor shower associated with comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle regularly intersects Earth's orbit, resulting in "shooting stars" from July 17 to July 28. It's worth starting to watch for ...

Here's how to see it this year. The Perseids are a stream of debris from a comet called "Swift-Tuttle" that takes approximately 133 Earth years to orbit the Sun once. Each year, in mid-August ...

For example, the Perseids meteor shower is named after the constellation Perseus, and the meteors are pieces of the comet Swift-Tuttle ...