Best meteor shower of year to soon send up to 90 'shooting stars' an hour across new moon sky
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"Best meteor shower of year to soon send up to 90 'shooting stars' an hour across new moon sky" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 2 articles from 2 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include informnny.com and postindependent.com. PULSE measures a story's velocity from how quickly new articles appear and how many independent newsrooms join the coverage.
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Coverage (2)
- See the Perseids meteor shower at Thompson Park informnny.com · 1d ago
- Perseid Meteor Shower, which inspired John Denver’s ‘Rocky Mountain High,’ will peak this month with up to 70 shooting stars per hour postindependent.com · 1d ago
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