The best meteor shower of 2020 is about to light up our atmosphere

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  • December 12, 2020

NASA enthusiastically recommends that you check out the sky. 

The peak of the brilliant annual Geminids meteor shower is happening on Dec. 13 and 14, the space agency advised on Friday. This natural light show is created when the leftover trail of dust and bits from an asteroid or rocky comet (called 3200 Phaethon) fall through — and burn up — in our atmosphere each December.

In 2020, the Geminid viewing will be especially good (if you’re graced with a clear night!), NASA noted, because there’s nearly a new moon, meaning “there will be darker skies and no moonlight to wash out the fainter meteors.” Read more…

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