
The Delta Aquariids meteor shower peaks near July's end. Here's how to watch
CNN
The Southern and Northern hemispheres can view the peak of the Southern Delta Aquariids meteor shower during the nights of July 28 - 29, 2021.
As Earth orbits the sun, it encounters the lopsided orbit of a comet, the icy surface of which leaves behind dust and rocks as they boil off from the sun's heat. When these space rocks fall toward our atmosphere, "the resistance -- or drag -- of the air on the rock makes it extremely hot," according to NASA. "What we see is a 'shooting star.' That bright streak is not actually the rock, but rather the glowing hot air as the hot rock zips through the atmosphere. When Earth encounters many meteors at once, we call it a meteor shower."
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