NEW YORK (AP) — It’s time for one of the strongest meteor showers of the year.

The Geminids peak this weekend and are visible through mid-December, according to the American Meteor Society . The meteors tend to be yellow in color and can be seen across the globe, but the best viewing happens in the Northern Hemisphere.

Skygazers could see up to 120 meteors per hour under dark skies during the peak Saturday night into Sunday’s predawn hours, according to NASA.

Meteor showers appear when fast-moving space rocks hit Earth’s atmosphere and burn up, leaving behind fiery tails — the end of a “shooting star.” Stray meteors are visible from Earth on any given night, but more prominent showers happen annually when the planet passes through crowded streams of cosmic debris.

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