The biggest meteor shower of the year will peak on Thursday night bringing up to 200 shooting stars an hour to UK skies. The Leonid meteor shower will peak on Thursday night and early on Friday morning and this year's display will be up to 10 times more prolific than usual.
The Leonids happen as the Earth passes through debris in the tail of comet 55P/Tempel-Tuttle.
According to American Meteor Society (AMS) experts Mikhail Maslov and Mikiya Sato we should pass through a stretch of the tail bringing up to 200 meteors an hour this year, on Thursday night and also on Friday night into Saturday.
