NASA published an image article on Aug. 13, 2026, showing the constellation Orion framed by two Perseid meteors. NASA credits the photo, taken Aug. 12, 2018, at Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah, to Bill Dunford.

The article said the Perseids, described as one of the year's brightest and most popular meteor showers, had been building since early July and would sparkle in the skies through the end of August. According to NASA at that date, the shower peaked on the night of Aug. 12 into the early morning of Aug. 13, and the agency pointed readers to a rewatch of the Aug. 13 shower.

These are descriptions as reported on the source publication date. The photo itself is an archival image from 2018.