The first meteor shower of 2023 is expected to light up the skies tonight.
Up to 110 meteors an hour could be seen in the sky over the UK as the Quadrantid meteor shower makes an appearance on January 3. It is among the strongest and most consistent meteor showers.
Quadrantids are blue meteors with fine trains that appear to come from the constellation Bootes, near the Big Dipper. Meteors are pieces of debris which enter Earth's atmosphere at speeds of up to 43 miles per second, vapourising and causing the streaks of light we call meteors.
