Thursday, December 13 and Friday, December 14 will be the clearest days to gaze upwards at the Geminid meteor shower in both the UK and USA. The moon will set before midnight, so the sky will be dark enough for the bright of the meteors to be visible.
People in in the US will have the best view just before dawn.
But people in the UK and other parts of Europe should peer upwards from sunset on Thursday.
There is no specific direction to look at the shower, as the Geminids shoot out in all directions.
The shower is so magnificent to watch as bits of asteroid break apart in the night sky.
Geminids in USA: The meteor shower gets its name from the constellation of Gemini
Geminids in USA: The shower is caused by dust and debris scattered
The asteroid is only three miles wide, which has led to scientists saying it is more like an extinct comet than an asteroid.
The Geminids are also different to other meteors, as they move more slowly across the sky as it burns.
They also burn brighter than the typical meteor.
The Royal Observatory Greenwich said in its guide to the night sky: “The brightest often break up into numerous luminous fragments that follow similar paths across the sky.”
Geminids in USA: The meteor shower was first spotted almost 200 years ago
What are the Geminids?
The Geminids get their name from the constellation of Gemini, the twins.
They were first spotted almost 200 years ago in 1833. which is a lot more recent than other showers, such as the Perseids and Leonids.
The meteor shower is caused by dust and debris scattered in the path of the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, which also orbits Earth every 1.4 years.
Amateur astronomer Ian Musgrave said: "If you look north, the two brightest stars you see immediately above the horizon are Castor and Pollux and the Geminids radiant is immediately below that.”