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With its most spectacular peak expected late Friday and Saturday, meteor-watchers are out and about, or even watching in the comfort of their homes online via NASA's live stream. But this year's Perseid meteor shower is timed simultaneously with Earth's full moon, which is expected to hit maximum luminosity and reduce the number of visible meteors.

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The Perseid meteor shower is an annual meteor shower timed to happen just about now, and expected to peak late Friday and Saturday. However, it will occur just as the full moon hits maximum luminosity. With the bright moonlight in mind, meteor-watchers will improve chances when viewing after the moon sets and before twilight.

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Full moon may interfere with the spectacle

Stargazers who are looking forward to a breathtaking view of the Perseid Meteor Shower in the celestial sky may end up disappointed if the sky turns cloudy even as a full moon threatens to wash out the event by illuminating the night sky this weekend.

As the sun sets tonight, get set to gaze at a battle in the sky between the most popular sky shows Perseid meteor shower and the big, full moon to showcase who is the best.

The annual Perseid meteor shower is round the corner, but conditions are sub-optimal this year: sky gazers will not be able to watch meteors falling through night sky in abundance as the celestial display is predicted to be hampered by the full moon.

The full moon may interfere with the annual Perseid meteor shower, the most reliable meteor shower of the year this week. The shower will peak overnight Aug. 12 and Aug. 13 just before the full moon reaches its potential brightness.

As the Perseid Meteor Shower approaches its peak time in the overnight hours of Friday and Saturday, the full moon is expected to thwart skywatchers from enjoying the best beauty of the beloved shooting stars.

The annual Perseid meteor shower, which is caused by debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle and observed for about 2000 years, will be hampered this year by the full moon, which happens when Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon.

The annual Perseid meteor shower, which is caused by debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle and observed for about 2000 years, will be at peak coming Friday and Saturday. There might be some serious hamper for viewers due to the full moon on Saturday.

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A new theory published in scientific journal Nature states that the primary collision of two moons that once orbited Earth is the reason why one side of our present moon is a bit lopsided and its far side (which is not visible from earth) is much rockier.

A primordial collision of two moons that once orbited Earth explains why the present-day moon is a bit lopsided and its far side much rockier than the lunar surface facing our planet, scientists said Wednesday.

A small second moon may once have orbited Earth until it slammed into the other one, enabling two distinct sides, a new study said. The second moon would have been about 750 miles wide and may have been created by the same collision between the planet and huge object that scientists think helped create our moon, astronomers said.

Scientists believe that they may be able to finally explain why the two sides of the lunar body are so different from each other. A new study published in the journal Nature has suggested that Earth originally had two moons in orbit around it until a second moon flattened itself to the bigger moon more than 4 billion years ago.

Once upon a time, a second moon orbited the Earth, but after a slow-motion collision with its bigger sister, our planet was left with one, scientists say. Astronomers believe that this collision, which lasted several hours, can explain the moon's symmetry.

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Earth once had two moons a small second moon until the two moons got smashed into each other to create a big lunar body.