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Cosmic Show To Light Up the Night Skies Before Christmas—How To Watch

In one of the final cosmic hurrahs of the year, the Ursid shower is due, sending sparkling meteors shooting across the night sky in the lead-up to Christmas.

The Ursid meteor shower is forecast to peak late on December 22 and in the early hours on December 23, and may result in between five and 10 meteors being seen per hour in the sky.

The shower is active between December 17 and December 24 this year, according to EarthSky. It occurs at around the same time every year.