The skies will be busy this August. AccuWeather reports that a trio of astronomical events will take place within a single week this month, including a well-known meteor shower. The first is the ...

Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, Earth crosses the comet’s path, and bits and pieces strike the atmosphere ...