Perseids meteor shower lights up night skies

Shooting stars from the annual Perseids meteor shower have been lighting up night skies across the UK and around the world over the past few nights. The bright meteors are formed when dust particles fall from the Swift-Tuttle comet and burn up on entering the Earth's atmosphere. Astronomers at Astro Dog, a small Scarborough-based astronomy company, captured the event from North York Moors National Park at its…