geminid meteor shower

Are you an early riser? Be sure to look up when you're outside in the hours before dawn this weekend and you might catch a falling star. December is when the annual Geminid meteor showers appear to radiate from the star Castor which is part of the constellation Gemini. The shower actually is the Earth passing through debris thought to be from an asteroid-like object called 3200 Phaeton.

Lots of reports of meteors this week, and most are probably part of the Geminid meteor shower, scheduled to peak late night December 13 to dawn December 14 as seen from around the globe.