A comet is a small celestial object made mostly of ice and dust that, when close enough to the sun, displays a visible coma (a fuzzy outline) and sometimes a tail. They typically orbit the sun in elongated paths and…
This 2009 Perseid Meteor Shower Review was compiled by the staff writers here at Outer Space Universe. There’s been a lot of news this year about the fact that the Earth was going to be passing through the remnant trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle with the extra bonus that we would slam into a filament of dust spun from the comet during it’s last journey around the sun. That was enough for us to stock up on our favorite guarana laden beverage and forgo the REM sleep our bodies so desperately want.
Nothing says late summer better than the Perseid Meteor Shower! One of the first to realize that the Perseid Meteor Shower is an annual event was Edward Herrick.