On August 12, for the first time in 28 months, the Moon’s shadow will sweep across Earth in a total solar eclipse over Greenland, Iceland and Spain — and just hours later, the Perseid meteor shower will peak under a moonless sky, setting up one of the most extraordinary nights of sky-watching in years

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