Geminid Meteor Shower 2012: How To See Shooting Stars Thursday And Friday

Most meteor showers happen when Earth and a comet cross paths, slingling rocks, dust, and debris from the comet's tail into our atmosphere. The sudden influx of shooting starts that results is a highly noticeable event and

Winter Milky Way Geminids on December 12, 2012. Credit: John Chumack The Geminid Meteor Shower is underway, with the peak on December 13th and 14th! SpaceWeather.com is reporting that international observers are

The Geminid meteor shower peaks tonight (Dec. 13) into the wee hours of Friday morning with 100 or more shooting stars per hour, according to Space.com. With the moon entering its new phase, visibility of the meteors is

Comet Wirtanen is considered the source of a new meteor shower visible this week. Credit: T. Credner, J. Jockers, T.Bonev. While space experts are predicting a grand performance from the annual Geminid meteor shower

Bill Cooke, the head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, told The Huffington Post that the Geminid meteor shower could be the year's best. More than 100 meteors, or "shooting stars," may be visible each hour, with some lucky viewers seeing a couple