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They are one of the most convenient to watch since their constellation is highest in the sky during nightfall, but because they are slow moving meteors, they are faint and frequently burn out before they reach Earth's atmosphere.
The showers were first spotted in 1933 when several thousands meteors per hour were reported. They follow on the tail of comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, first seen in 1900.
In other space news:
It has been confirmed that Jezero Crater was once a Martian lake.
Evidence of deltas from satellite observations supported the idea, but Perseverance's work on the ground has confirmed it. Sediment arrangements known as "scarps" suggest the flow of the deltas turned into a lake, and that episodes of dramatic flooding shifted the massive boulders found in the crater.
The hope is that there may be evidence of ancient life in the samples the rover has collected.
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