Look Up! The Quadrantid Meteor Shower Is About to Peak : ScienceAlert

The first meteor shower of the year is about to peak, but you need to be ready if you want to catch it.

The Quadrantids is due to peak at 12:53 UTC on 4 January 2024, with up to 110 to 120 meteors streaking through the atmosphere per hour. It’s one of the most intense meteor showers to grace our skies per year, peaking sharply for up to just six hours before it subsides, leaving watchers who miss it to wait another 12 months for the next one.

Best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere, the Quadrantids’ radiant point – the place in the sky from which the meteors appear to originate – is just…