The dog days of summer are upon us as August 2025 kicks off with planets in retrograde, meteor shower peaks, and Venus and Jupiter shining bright together with a kiss during the predicted meteor ...

Aug. 12-13 — Peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower. Perseids are fragments shed by comet 109P/Swift-Tuttle. Every August, Earth crosses the comet’s path, and bits and pieces strike the atmosphere ...