Your guide to the potentially awesome Perseid meteor shower this week

One of the best meteor showers of the year will grace skies around the world this week, culminating in a potential "outburst" of shooting stars during the overnight hours between August 11 to August 12. 
The Perseid meteor shower is bound to impress people lucky enough to watch the meteor display from very dark skies this year. 
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Some forecasts are predicting that during its peak, meteor rates could be double the traditi