Flipboard Science Desk<p>Venus and Jupiter appear close in the sky as summer’s best meteor shower peaks soon.</p><p>From <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span>: "If your focus is the meteor shower, it’s worth knowing that this year a bright moon will dampen viewing during the pre-dawn peak."</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/obLsjY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/obLsjY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Meteor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meteor</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Perseids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perseids</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Space</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a></p>