The annual Geminid Meteor Shower is set to peak on Dec. 13 and 14, 2012. The display, which is caused by an unusual 'rock comet,' could produce more than 100 meteors per hour during the dark hours before dawn this Thursday and Friday.
FULL STORY: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2012/09dec_rockcomet/