--- description: One of the year’s biggest meteor showers will grace skies around the world starting Sunday, sending along up to 100 meteors per hour. title: How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt022f10fe30753ed1/69887525a988cabdf26b5b62/gettyimages-94744787.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Space](/tag/space/) ## Space Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Live: Geminid Meteor Shower  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2015 9:02 PM CUT  A huge meteor during the annual Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 14, 2009. A huge meteor during the annual Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 14, 2009.Wally Pacholka—Barcroft Media/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 12, 2015 9:02 PM CUT One of the year’s biggest meteor showers will grace skies around the world starting Sunday, sending along up to 100 meteors per hour, [according to NASA](http://nasa.tumblr.com/post/134989187874/five-fun-facts-for-the-2015-geminid-meteor-shower "undefined"). The highly anticipated Geminid meteor shower can be seen from both the northern and southern hemispheres, according to the space agency, and many of the meteors will be visible to the naked eye. TIME will be hosting a livestream of the event provided by [SLOOH](http://livestream.com/accounts/8724297/events/4279169/player?width=56 "undefined"), a space broadcasting website, that will feature astronomy and meteorology experts, including the Weather Network’s Scott Sutherland. Skygazers can also [follow along on Twitter with NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center](https://twitter.com/NASA%5FMarshall "undefined") in Huntsville, Alabama, which will host a live tweet chat at 11 p.m. E.T. on Dec. 13. The intense celestial show will feature dazzling meteors and flashes of white that are viewable for up to two seconds each after they break off the 3200 Phaethon asteroid and penetrate Earth’s atmosphere, NASA says. > [](https://twitter.com/NASA%5FMarshall/status/675441554065092608) The annual meteor shower lasts a couple of weeks. Meteors will typically be seen between Dec. 4 and 17, peaking Dec. 13. The meteors are best viewed after midnight in areas with dark skies, away from city lights. They can be seen anywhere in the sky, in no specific direction, [CBS News reports](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/geminid-meteor-shower-2015-how-to-watch/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4146866/geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4146866/geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/"},"headline":"Watch Live: Geminid Meteor Shower","datePublished":"2015-12-12T21:02:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T08:58:13.606Z","description":"Many of the meteors will be visible to the naked eye","url":"https://time.com/4146866/geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/","keywords":["Space"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt022f10fe30753ed1/69887525a988cabdf26b5b62/gettyimages-94744787.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt022f10fe30753ed1/69887525a988cabdf26b5b62/gettyimages-94744787.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Californian Captures Rare Epic Meteor","caption":"This incredible picture shows a huge meteor hurtling toward Earth during the annual Geminid meteor shower on Dec. 14, 2009.","creditText":"Wally Pacholka—Barcroft Media/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/space/","name":"Space"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4146866/geminid-meteor-shower-how-to-watch/","name":"Watch Live: Geminid Meteor Shower"}}]}] ```