'It will last for quite a while': How to catch 100 shooting stars an hour during August's Perseid meteor shower
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"'It will last for quite a while': How to catch 100 shooting stars an hour during August's Perseid meteor shower" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 7 articles from 7 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
Outlets currently covering the story include Yahoo, lehighvalleylive.com, NASA (.gov) and Sky & Telescope. 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 (7)
- NASA MSFC to host online 'watch party' for Perseid meteors Yahoo · 93d ago
- ‘Best meteor shower of the year’ will soon be visible in the sky: How to watch lehighvalleylive.com · 93d ago
- Summer Star Shower: Watch the Perseids with NASA! NASA (.gov) · 93d ago
- A Perfectly Timed Perseid Meteor Shower Sky & Telescope · 93d ago
- 1 week away from the peak of the Perseid meteor shower; where to look and when WTHR · 93d ago
- One of the best meteor showers is underway. When and where to see its peak in NC Raleigh News & Observer · 93d ago
- 'It will last for quite a while': How to catch 100 shooting stars an hour during August's Perseid meteor shower Yahoo Life UK · 93d ago
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