Sunday, August 15, 2010

Overnight News Digest: Science Saturday (2010 Perseid Meteor Shower edition)

by Neon Vincent

Welcome to Science Saturday, where the Overnight News Digest crew informs and entertains you with this week's news about science, space, and the environment.

This week's featured story comes from Space.com via MSNBC.

Perseid meteor shower lives up to its promise

The 2010 Perseid meteor shower lived up to its promise of a meteor per minute just before dawn Friday, providing an excellent celestial spectacle for people around the globe who had dark and clear skies.

"In Iran, the Perseid meteor shower was great," Mohammad Reza Zaman Sani told Spaceweather.com.

More science, space, and environment stories after the jump.



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