A Perseid Fireball and the Milky Way It was likely a small bit from the nucleus of Comet Swift-Tuttle plowing through the Earth's atmosphere -- and therefore part of the annual Perseids meteor shower. . . . . Image Credit & Copyright: Dandan Huang . . . . #apod #meteor #space #science #perspective #solarsystem #moon #sun #jupiter #saturn #sizecomparison #planets #earth #cosmos #astrophysics #astroworld #nightphotography #photography #deepspace #spacex #nebula