The best meteor shower of the year is already happening in Pennsylvania. While we haven't hit peak viewing yet, the Perseids meteor shower is already streaking across night skies. Perseids viewing guideSign up for our NewslettersACTIVE | July 17 to Aug.

Viewers will find three active meteor showers from late July into mid August according to the American Meteor Society.

Two meteor showers are expected to peak simultaneously over Texas skies Tuesday night. The Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids both reach their apex Tuesday and Wednesday night, according to the American Meteor Society.

The Alpha Capricornids and Southern Delta Aquariids meteor showers are peaking tonight and will continue to be active through August 12th, with the Perseids also underway and peaking on August 12th, potentially resulting in 20 to 30 meteors per hour.

Before the next full moon, this week's Tuesday night sky will be ablaze with zooming fireballs and shooting stars from three different meteor showers all at the same time — including Perseids. Here's when and what to know.

The sturgeon moon is set to light up Michigan skies in early August 2025, as the Perseid meteor shower peaks. Here's what to know.

In late July, the meteors radiate near the area of Alpha Capricorni, a double star visible to the naked eye. This area of the sky rises in the east at about 8 p.m. Local Daylight Time, but very little activity can be seen at this time because many of the meteors are blocked by the horizon.