How to see the year's best meteor shower this weekend, with fireballs, colorful trails, and a Jupiter-Mars conjunction

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The Perseids meteor shower, known for its fireballs and bright tails.

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How to see a double meteor shower on Tuesday night with a chance of fireballs

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Earth regularly passes through streams of comet debris that produce hundreds of meteor showers a year.

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The Quadrantids are the first meteor shower of 2024. Here's where to look and the best time to see it.

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Dozens of shooting stars fall to Earth against a dark, starry night sky.
The Quadrantids can produce over 100 meteors an hour.

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The Leonid meteor shower is peaking tonight, creating up to 15 shooting stars per hour. Here's how to watch.

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A meteor streaks the night sky above Payson, Arizona during the Leonids meteor shower.

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How to see the Orionid meteor shower: the best place and time to catch the perfect view

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The Orionid meteor shower is known to produce fireballs occasionally.

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