A year full of stargazing and celestial wonders will wrap up with one more meteor shower before ringing in 2024, the Geminid meteor shower.
The meteor shower started on Nov. 19, and is among the most visible and regular sighting between November and December.
Meteors flash by the night sky in bright colors, flying by at a rate of up to 120 per hour under perfect conditions, according to NASA.
When the meteor shower reaches its peak, the moon won’t disrupt any stargazing opportunities.
The meteors are fragments from an asteroid called 3200 Phaethon
This is rare as most meteor showers are fragments coming from comets, essentially dirty snowballs in space.
Asteroids are solid rocks hurtling through space in an orbit around other celestial objects.