Aug132026
The best Perseids in years
Thursday, August 13th, 2026 at 1:00 am by Almazbek DosmatovichMoon new. No cloud. Seventy-one in an hour, counted by my grandson with a clicker from the football match. Four fireballs. At the end the whole field fell silent and a girl of nine said, "Is that all?"
"For this year," I said. "There's always the next one."
In Spain they had an eclipse of the Sun this week, which we did not see. We have seen others.