The Perseid meteor shower peaks RIGHT NOW and thanks to relatively dark skies, the 2012 edition of the annual sky show should be well suited to naked-eye stargazing.
Sky-watchers with backyard telescopes, though, might join NASA in training their lenses on the moon for an elusive, potentially flashy Perseid sideshow.
So stop reading tH now and head out for some cool heavenly body show.
N.