The year’s best meteor shower is about to start – here’s how to see it
- Written by Jonti Horner, Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
Peak of the Geminids in 2017.Dai Jianfeng/IAU OAE, CC BYWhere many other meteor showers are often over-hyped, the Geminids are the real deal: far and away the best shower of the year, peaking on December 14–15 in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
The Geminids – dust and debris left behind by the rock comet Phaethon – put on a...





