In this 30 second exposure, a meteor streaks across the sky during the annual Perseid meteor shower, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, in Spruce Knob, West Virginia.
Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls) PHILADELPHIA - If you’re outside tonight, look up. You might see a shooting star!Every November, the Earth runs into dust leftover from the Temple–Tuttle comet.The Temple-Tuttle comet crosses into the Earth’s path about every 30 years.
It’ll cross next around 2030, and the November meteor shower will be incredible that year. The fresh comet dust will lead to so many shooting stars and bright flashes that November.As for this year, there’s still enough dust left around from the 1998 crossing to cause brief glows of light.