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Top tips for watching the meteor shower in Germany

Lighting up the night sky once every year, the Perseid meteor shower taking place later this week is predicted to be the best in years, according to the International Meteor Organization. Planning to watch this stunning natural phenomenon? Here are a few tips.

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How best to watch the Perseid meteor shower

As Germany gears up to welcome in the 2015 Perseid meteor shower, The Local finds out how we can best experience one of the calendar's most stunning astronomical events.

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Meteor causes scare in southern Germany

When the evening sky suddenly lit up on Sunday evening, many south Germans were frightened, with some even calling the emergency services.

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Bluish-green fireball sighted over northern Germany

Several eyewitnesses reported seeing a bluish-green fireball over northern Germany on Monday night – possibly a large meteor burning up in the Earth’s atmosphere, according to experts at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).

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Meteor hits boy on way to school

A pebble-sized meteorite crashed and burned into Earth, grazing 14-year-old Gerritt Blank while on his way to catch the school bus.