The biggest meteor shower of the year will peak on Friday 13 December, offering skygazers a rare chance to see hundreds of green shooting stars. The annual spectacle will deliver up to one meteor ...
The only meteor shower produced by an asteroid rather than a comet, the Geminids are not only the most numerous but the most colorful, too, with white, yellow and even green "shooting stars" possible.
If you see bright green shooting stars streak across the night sky this week, don't worry. It's not an omen. It's just the Leonids. The meteor shower peaks the nights of November 16 through 18.