With the meteors' source - 3200 Phaethon - nearby, 2017 could be a fantastic year for this shower. Peak morning probably Thursday, but watch tomorrow and Friday mornings, too.
A 245-million-year-old fossil horseshoe crab, recently discovered in Idaho, has been named Vaderlimulus after Star Wars' Darth Vader. It's easy to see why.
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Martin Marthadinata in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia captured this photo of a Geminid meteor coming from its radiant point, near the bright star Castor.
