While the vast majority of meteor showers come from comets, the Geminids originate from the asteroid 3200 Phaethon. It gets closer to the Sun than any other named asteroid, closer than half the distance of Mercury’s orbit, which is why astronomers named it after Phaethon, the son of the Sun god Helios.

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As the night grows long and the winter solstice approaches, there’s a host of astronomical events to watch out for, including a particularly striking meteor shower.

The Geminids are expected to run from Dec. 7-17, with a peak on the nights of Dec. 13 and 14 when 120 to 150 shooting stars are expected each hour. The meteors are bright, fast and white, but sometimes they are greenish because they contain magnesium and nickel which turn green when they burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere.

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The Perseid meteor shower is starting, and backyard astronomers will soon be able to catch a glimpse of the annual event. The meteor shower starts on Thursday, July 17, and ends Saturday, August 23, according to the National Aeronautics and Space ...

Michigan skygazers, there's still time left to bundle up under the night sky and enjoy dazzling shooting stars, and even a pair of comets. The Orionids, Southern Taurids and Northern Taurids meteor showers will keep whizzing over Michigan skies into early ...

The Cincinnati Observatory posted a video of a fireball spotting in Cincinnati skies and reported the observatory’s first confirmed micrometeorite.