How to see the year's best meteor shower tonight
In this episode of NPR's Shortwave, host Regina Barber is joined by co-host Scott Detrow and guest Ari Daniel for a special space-themed segment, 'Spacing Out,' discussing the Perseid meteor shower, new high-resolution observations of the sun’s surface, and a recent accidental SpaceX rock
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