A Total Solar Eclipse and the Perseids Meteor Shower Will Share the Sky in August 2026
NASA says the Perseids may reach 50 to 100 meteors per hour as the shower peaks hours after the eclipse.
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On the evening of 12 August 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across Spain at sunset. Hours later, beneath a moonless sky, the Perseid meteor shower will reach its peak—placing two of astronomy’s most dramatic events within a single extraordinary night.
Spain’s evening of 12 August 2026 will contain two separate alignments. First, the Moon’s shadow will cross the northern half of the country while the Sun sits low in the west. Later, after twilight, Earth will pass through the densest part of the annual Perseid stream under a sky with no moonlight. The pairing is real, but it is not a continuous show from sunset until dawn. Totality lasts seconds to less than two minutes at Spanish locations in…
Although this year's phenomenon will be the first total eclipse of Sun visible on the Peninsula since 1912, the great event will take place ...
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