If you want to get into stargazing in 2025, you still have the chance: there’s one final meteor shower to catch this year. Also known as shooting stars, meteors happen when Earth’s orbital path crosses a path of debris left by a comet and that material burns up in the Earth’s atmosphere. Watching a meteor shower is one of the most accessible ways to engage with the night sky.
The next shower are the Ursids, which will be active in the lead-up to Christmas. This is the ninth and final major meteor shower to grace skies in 2025. Details of when these showers will appear again next year in the