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fromFast Company
1 day ago

Geminids peak 2025: A meteor shower will light up the December sky tonight. Here's what time to look up

The Geminid meteor shower peaks December 12–13, producing vivid meteors from asteroid 3200 Phaethon, best viewed from the Northern Hemisphere.
fromBig Think
1 week ago

2025's Geminids will be the best meteor shower of the year

Like clockwork, there are a series of celestial events and sights that reappear at the same time with each passing year. The Earth, revolving around the Sun in its orbit, not only sees the night sky's constellations and deep-sky objects change along with its relative position to the Sun, but also encounters barely visible debris streams from volatile orbiting bodies - comets and asteroids - at predictable intervals throughout the year.
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