Geminids Meteor Shower Lights Up Skies
Published at(NEW YORK) — The Geminids meteor shower was on full display early Sunday morning as some lucky stargazers caught the meteors streaking through the sky.
The shower happens every December when Earth glides into a stream of space debris left over from an extinct comet called 3200 Phaethon.
The meteor shower gets its name from the constellation Gemini. Meteors shoot out of the constellation, producing many fireballs.
The Geminids are older than the Civil War and were first documented in the early 19th century.
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