When to see the most 'shooting stars' from the Perseid meteor shower

The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. Here's when to see the most 'shooting stars.' | 'Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds | Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( August 5, 2024 CONNECT WITH LIVESCIENCE  [Facebook]( [X](  [LIVESCIENCE]( Amazing science every day [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [WEBSITE](   Top Science News [] [The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. Here's when to see the most 'shooting stars.']( (NASA/JPL) [The Perseid meteor shower is about to peak. Here's when to see the most 'shooting stars.']( Up to 75 'shooting stars' per hour may be visible as the annual Perseid meteor shower peaks on Sunday and Monday (Aug. 11 and Aug. 12). The annual shower is linked to debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle. [Read More]( [] History & Archaeology [] ['Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds]( (Sahar Saleem) ['Screaming Woman' mummy suffered a painful death in ancient Egypt, virtual autopsy finds]( The mummy was well preserved with an expensive embalming material. Her organs were still intact, showing an unusual mummification technique, a CT scan revealed. [Read More]( [] Planet Earth [] [Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground]( (Jean-Denis JOUBERT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) [Volcano in Tanzania with weirdest, runniest magma on Earth is sinking into the ground]( Tanzania's outlandish Ol Doinyo Lengai volcano, the only volcano on Earth that is currently erupting carbonatite lava, has been sinking at a rate of 1.4 inches per year for the past decade. [Read More]( [] Space [] [James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possible]( (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brant Robertson (UC Santa Cruz), Ben Johnson (CfA), Sandro Tacchella (Cambridge), Phill Cargile (CfA)) [James Webb telescope confirms the earliest galaxy in the universe is bursting with way more stars than we thought possible]( The light from the most distant galaxy in the known universe suggests that there's something off about our current cosmological models, a new James Webb Space Telescope study finds. The explanations remain elusive. [Read More]( [] [How many galaxies are in the universe?]( [How many galaxies are in the universe?]( (NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Diego (Instituto de Física de Cantabria, Spain), J. D’Silva (U. Western Australia), A. Koekemoer (STScI), J. Summers & R. Windhorst (ASU), and H. Yan (U. Missouri)) If we can see at most 3% of the universe, how can we estimate the total number of galaxies in it? Full Story: [Live Science]( (8/5) [] Health [] ['Love hormone' oxytocin may be missing link between sleep apnea and high blood pressure]( (KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) ['Love hormone' oxytocin may be missing link between sleep apnea and high blood pressure]( Scientists found that two brain-made chemicals, including oxytocin, may play a role in increasing blood pressure after repeated periods of low oxygen. [Read More]( [] Daily Quiz [] The name of the ancient, extinct penguin species Pakudyptes hakataramea translates to... (Learn the answer [here](.) [Vote]( [Little flipper]( [Vote]( [Small diver]( [Vote]( [Tiny swimmer]( [Vote]( [Petite paddler](   [Sign Up]( | [Update Profile]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Cookies Policy]( | [Terms and Conditions]( CONTACT US: [FEEDBACK](mailto:livescience@smartbrief.com) | [ADVERTISE]( [Future]( Future US LLC © Full 7th Floor, 130 West 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10036