{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/039b783b-a527-4fdf-b3ce-b3c255ad3034/689a1bcf2dbca7f6698e950a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Perseid meteor shower: when and how to see it","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61ba036a1a8cbef5973cf0c0/1754929413320-6219d4e5-000f-444f-8b79-92f158cef565.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Royal Observatory Greenwich astronomer Ed Bloomer on how to see<a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/science/can-you-see-perseid-meteor-shower-in-uk-b1242347.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> the Perseid meteor shower at its peak</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Cast your eyes skyward between midnight and 5.30am on the 12th of August.</p><p><br></p><p>NASA says it’s the “most popular meteor shower of the year\".</p><p><br></p><p>Chip makers Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenue from sales of the H20 and MI308 chips to China.</p><p><br></p><p>180 tonnes of congealed wet wipes <a href=\"https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/wet-wipe-island-river-thames-london-thames-water-b1242130.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">are being removed from the River Thames</a> by the Port of London Authority, in collaboration with Thames Water.</p><p><br></p><p>For more, we caught up with Thames Water’s Head of Tideway Integration Group, John Sullivan.</p><p><br></p><p><strong><u>Also in this episode:</u></strong></p><p><br></p><p>-Jim Lovell, one of the world’s most loved astronauts, has died aged 97</p><p><br></p><p>-Why researchers are following the trail of a snail that can regrow its eyes</p><p><br></p><p>-After 34 years, AOL is shutting down dial-up on September 30th</p>","author_name":"The Evening Standard"}