Perseid meteor shower
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Here's a look at some amazing space images from 2019
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The annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak, as observers around the world watch the space rocks streak across the sky.
Aug. 13, 2013 A meteor streaks across the sky over the Stobi archaeological site in Macedonia during the annual Perseid meteor shower. Georgi Licovski/European Pressphoto Agency
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Sodium left behind in upper atmosphere will be turned into guide stars to help calibrate telescopes.
This year, scientists have recorded and observed galactic interactions, atmospheric phenomena and the first images of a black hole.