Geminids!

Don't miss the Geminid meteor shower, peaking right about now! Discover more about this celestial event in our latest blog post.

Written byPhil Plait

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About twenty people have reminded me that the Geminid meteor shower is peaking right about now. I forgot, what with all the server woes! Anyway, I could write a bunch of stuff about it, but I just spent all day writing up a HUGE blog post (heh, just you wait) and so I'll be lazy and just point y'all to what Pamela already said.

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