- The first meteor shower of the year is here. The Quadrantids peak early morning on January 4.
- There's only about a 6-hour window where you can catch the most brilliant shooting stars.
- NASA says the Quadrantids are considered some of the best meteor showers that appear each year.
Our planet is on a collision course, racing toward a thin stream of dust in space. When the two meet, the debris should rain down toward Earth at 90,000 mph, producing a meteor shower called the Quadrantids.