Once each year, Earth drifts through the ancient debris of comet Swift-Tuttle, and the sky answers with fire. This August 13, NASA has chosen not to let that moment pass in solitude — the agency is broadcasting the Perseid meteor shower's peak live on YouTube, inviting the entire connected world to look up together. It is a small but meaningful act: taking something that has always belonged to the patient few and offering it, without condition, to anyone who wishes to witness it.