Storyteller's Night Sky 2025-12-10 (The Geminid Meteor Shower, or Phaethon and the Chariot of Fire)
One of the most prolific meteor showers of the year happens on Saturday this week, on the date referred to centuries ago by the English John Donne as the deep midnight of both the year and the day. The meteor shower is known as the Geminids, and it peaks every year overnight on December 13th to 14th. This meteor shower is great because it gets active before midnight, once the constellation Gemini rises in the East not long after sunset, and the early meteors often leave long, beautiful trails as they graze the top of the atmosphere. As Gemini rises higher, the meteors get more active, but now…
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