Perseid meteor shower: some serious space drama
Aug 11, 2021•6 min
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Episode description
Are you in the mood for some serious night-sky drama, well you could be in luck on Thursday night with the stunning Perseid meteor shower. The phenomenon is caused by the dust from a comet travelling at 130,000mph. We spoke to Patricia Skelton an astronomer from the Greenwich Royal Observatory. Crypto heist: Hackers steal $600 in digital tokens. DeFi crypto crime has hit a record high. Amazon ‘to pay shoppers hurt by others’ products up to $1,000’. Top public relations director at Chinese social media giant Weibo arrested. Could Geronimo the condemned alpaca be saved by being donated to science? This robot chameleon changes colour to mimic its surroundings.
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