Cheap thrills from outerspace: Geminid meteor shower
Mark your calendar! Take a Sharpie marker and mark it — from the night of Thursday the 13th to the morning of Friday the 14th you will be able to see the Geminid meteors. All you have to lose is a little sleep.
“It’s the Geminid meteor shower,” says NASA astronomer Bill Cooke of the Marshall Space Flight Center. “Start watching on Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, around 10 pm local time,” he advises. “At first you might not see very many meteors—but be patient. The show really heats up after midnight and by dawn on Friday, Dec. 14th, there could be dozens of bright meteors per hour streaking across the sky.”
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