Geminid meteor shower is peaking soon
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Meteors from the Geminid shower can be colorful, with hues ranging from green to purple and amber. And sometimes they streak across the sky as bright fireballs.
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A meteor flew over Austin last night. Here's how to catch more tonight and in the coming days
The cosmic event will continue through the weekend and reach its peak on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 13. At that point, over 100 meteors are expected to fall every hour.
It's time for the Geminid meteor shower, one of the strongest of the year. The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December.
The fireball was seen over Michigan at about 6 p.m., Michigan Storm Chasers said Sunday on its Facebook page and on X. The southwestern Michigan company also shared video of the shooting star captured by its network of weather- and sky-watching cameras.
Nearly 200 sightings of a bright fireball were reported across the evening sky on Tuesday, primarily from witnesses in Texas and surrounding states.
The meteor was captured at 6:46 p.m. on the Saltwater-Recon camera in Freeport, which was showing the San Luis Pass. There were clear skies across the Houston area, so you may have been able to see it, too.