The annual Quadrantids meteor shower is hitting peak visibility for Southern California on Friday night heading into Saturday morning, from roughly midnight to 5:30 a.m., possibly 6 a.m.

Quadrantids hits peak activity: Here's when and how to watch first meteor shower of 2025 The best time for stargazers to catch the sight of the Quadrantid meteor showers is approaching.

The new year will kick off with the Quadrantid meteor shower, which is set to peak early on Friday. The Quadrantids have the potential of 200 meteors an hour under perfect conditions, but most ...

Quadrantids meteor shower over Pacific Ocean of Half Moon Bay in California, Jan. 4, 2024. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images. Stargazers can ring in the beginning of 2025 by witnessing the ...

What is a meteor shower? As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Quadrantids is debris from ...

The Quadrantids have been active since Dec. 26, 2024, and will persist through Jan. 16, though the meteor shower will peak Thursday night and into Friday morning, with up to 25 meteors seen per ...

The Quadrantids meteor shower is happening now and its peak, when it can produce up to 200 shooting stars an hour, is just around the corner. According to the American Meteor Society, ...

What is a meteor shower? As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Quadrantids is debris from ...

The Perseid meteor shower, for example, peaks in mid-August from the constellation Perseus. The Geminids, which occur every December, radiate from the constellation Gemini. Origin of the Quadrantids ...

The next meteor shower, ... NASA says Friday’s peak may reveal as many as 120 meteors per hour. The source of the Quadrantids is debris from the asteroid 2003 EH1.

What is a meteor shower? As the Earth orbits the sun, several times a year it passes through debris left by passing comets — and sometimes asteroids. The source of the Quadrantids is debris from ...