Raining Perseids . ... Credit Copyright: Fred Bruenjes Explanation: Comet dust rained down on planet Earth last August, streaking through dark skies in the annual Perseid meteor shower . ... Although the comet dust particles are traveling parallel to each other, the resulting shower meteors clearly seem to radiate from a single point on the sky in the eponymous constellation Perseus. ... This year, the Perseids Meteor Shower will peak in the early morning hours on Friday, August 12. ...