Don’t Miss Tonight’s Stunning Display: The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Will Illuminate the Night Sky!

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January 2, 2025

Don’t Miss Tonight’s Stunning Display: The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Will Illuminate the Night Sky!

Meteoroids, depending on their size and speed, can either vaporize upon entering Earth’s atmosphere or survive the descent as meteorites. On any given night, sporadic meteors may be visible, originating from the solar system’s debris that Earth encounters daily. However, periodic meteor showers occur when Earth traverses streams of debris left by comets and asteroids, leading to bursts of activity where meteors appear to radiate from a common point in the sky. Each year features a dozen meteor showers, distributed across the seasons, their intensity varying from weak showers, producing around 10 meteors per hour, to strong showers like the Perseids, which can exceed 100 meteors per hour at peak activity. These celestial events follow a predictable pattern of increasing activity until reaching their peak, then tapering off as Earth moves out of the debris streams.

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https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/space/quadrantid-meteor-shower-peaks-early-morning-jan-3-2025

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