2025 is a year full of meteor showers: Next arrives this week

2025 includes a complete schedule of Meteor showerS They come every year as a clockwork and that means that star trips planning can be done months in advance. Here’s a look what happens when and how you can watch.

Tips to watch

In order to have the best chance of seeing the meteors during every shower, the first advice is to move away from the big city as logistically as possible -and this also applies to suburbs. The slight pollution is the enemy of the vision of space, and most meteor shower is hardly seen in the suburbs, let alone a big city. From there you will want to find the radiation – also known as the point that looks like the Meteor shower looks – and then keep your eyes in that direction. The light of the moon can also be a negative factor, but since meteor shower occurs on certain days, it depends on the nature of whether the moonlight will affect viewing.

Gamma standards

When: February 25th to March 28
PIC DATE: 14 to March 15
Metic Meteor speed: 6 meteors per hour
Radiant: Norm

Gamma Normids is a minor meteor shower that appears at the end of February and the greater part of March. It comes with the kindness of the comet C/1913 R1 (Crommelin). This one is one of the less exciting showers of the year. His radiant is the constellation of Norma, which is in the southern hemisphere. However, the avid Skygazers can see some meteors on the horizon on a dark night during their peak in mid -March and potentially a few more on intervention days and weeks. Most people probably won’t see anything, but it’s still there, throwing meteors.

Pine

When: April 15 to April 30
PIC DATE: 21 to April 22
Metic Meteor speed: 18 meteors per hour
Radiant: Pound

Things are rising again in April with the meteor shower of the lyrics. His radiant is a pound that will rise from the eastern sky every night during his running. This one is a little bigger than most, with up to 18 meteors per hour. The Earth passes through the C/1861 G1 Thatcher Come every April to bring this shower to its citizens. Interestingly, the lyric meteors tend to have no paths, but they can produce some rather bright fiery balls.

And aquaries

When: April 20 to May 21
PIC DATE: 3 to May 4
Metic Meteor speed: 50 meteors per hour
Radiant: Aquarius

1P/Halley, known as Halley’s Comet, is responsible for Aquariids of ETA and this is the largest meteor shower that occurs in the spring with up to 50 meteors per hour. The only downside is that his radiant, Aquarius, does not rise from the southeast sky until about 4 o’clock in the morning local time, which means you will have to wake up very early or stay super late to catch him. From Plus, the moon will have set up to then, which means that the moon will not interfere with the view of this meteor shower.

Alpha coat

When: July 12 to August 12
PIC DATE: 29 to 30 July to 30
Metic Meteor speed: 5 meteors per hour
Radiant: Capricorn

Alpha Capricornids is a minor meteor shower that comes from 169p/neat comet. This is not a strong shower, but it is remarkable for the production of some rather large fiery balls. It is also equally visible in the southern and northern hemispheres. The manual for this is Capricornus, which penetrates the southern sky and will be visible all night during its peak. Fortunately, the moon will not be too complete, so it won’t interfere with the view too much.

Southern delta aquaries

When: July 28 to August 12
PIC DATE: 29 to 30 July to 30
Metic Meteor speed: 25 meteors per hour
Radiant: Aquarius

The southern delta aquarias often overshadow alpha Capirones. This meteor shower rotates early, just a day or two after officially begins, and then transferred in mid-August. Its early peak puts it the same day as the Alpha Capricornids, so if you see a star shooting on July 29th or 30, it can come from both. The manual for this is Aquarius, which is right next to Capronus, which makes the two showers in good pairing. The researchers are not 100% sure which comet gives us the aquarids of the southern delta, although the best assumption is currently 96p/Machholz.

Persidi

When: July 17 to August 23
PIC DATE: Grows 12 their 13
Metic Meteor speed: 100 meteors per hour
Radiant: Perseus

Perseids is one of the best space events that take place in the summer. It comes from 109p/Swift-Tuttle Come and is one of the most consistently loaded meteor showers of the year. Plus, it takes place in the summer, which is a perfect shower time. Radiant is Perseus, which rises from the northeast sky relatively early in the evening and stands all night. The only downside is that the moon will be almost complete during the peak of Perseid in 2025, which makes it more difficult to see the smaller meteors.

South tavridi

When: September 23 to November 4
PIC DATE: 10 to 11 October
Metic Meteor speed: 5 meteors per hour
Radiant: Taurus

The southern Tavids are one of the longest-lasting meteor showers of the year for more than a month. This is not a particularly active meteor shower, but since it takes place during several other meteor showers, you may notice one of them while looking for another. 2P/Encke Come nourishes this one and it reaches a few weeks of Halloween. This one is paired with the northern Tavrids to make the meteor shower of the Tavids. However, they reach the peak on different days, so they are often listed as separate meteor showers.

Orionids

When: October 2 to November 12
PIC DATE: 22 to 23 October
Metic Meteor speed: 20 meteors per hour
Radiant: Orion

Orionids is a relatively active meteor shower that happens in October. He also has the distinction to come from the famous Halley Comet, just like the Aquariids Eta soul. Unlike Aquariids on ETA, the Orionids emerge from the constellation Orion, which rises from the eastern sky in October. The moon will also be practically new, so this year there will be one of the most dark sky on every meteor shower.

Dragonids

When: October 6th to October 10
PIC DATE: October 8
Metic Meteor speed: 10 meteors per hour
Radiant: Draco

Draconids is a minor meteor shower and the shortest in the list that has lasted all four days. He native to the comet 21/p gacobini-zimmer and has a fairly decent peak at about 10 meteors per hour. The tip appears only two days after starting and then the meteor shower ends two days later. Radiant for Draconids is Draco, which is between the big Dipper and Little Dipper, which makes it relatively easy to find in the night sky.

Northern tavids

When: October 13 to December 1
PIC DATE: November. 8 to 9
Metic Meteor speed: 5 meteors per hour
Radiant: Taurus

The northern Tavrids are the other half of the meteor shower of the Tavids and this lasts even longer, it goes from mid -October to December. It reaches about half the way through its running on November 8, which is a few weeks later than its southern counterpart. Otherwise, the two are practically identical. Both are fed by 2P/Encke Comet and with their best production about five meteors per hour. So far, the researchers believe that this shower comes from a different segment of the ENCKE COMET path, which is why it is often listed separately from its southern cousin.

Leonidi

When: November 3 to December 2
PIC DATE: November. 16 to 17
Metic Meteor speed: 15 meteors per hour
Radiant: Leo

Just a few days after the peaks of the northern Tavrids, the Leonidi shower will also reach a peak. Created by 55p/Tempel-Tuttle Come, Leonids will come from the constellation Leo, which rises in the eastern sky exactly 2 in the morning for most of its running. This is a greater meteor shower than the Tefid, but a slight shower than the Orionids. As all four intersects in the first week of November, it may be difficult to say from which meteor shower the shooting star comes from. This is especially true, since Taurus, Leo and Orion are all in the eastern sky at this time of year. The Leonids often have fast, bright meteors that leave a path, which may be the only way to distinguish a Leonidi meteor from the other three showers.

Twins

When: December 4 to December 20
PIC DATE: 14 to December 15
Metic Meteor speed: 120 meteors per hour
Radiant: Twins

Geminids is one of the largest meteor showers of the year and it reaches a maximum of less than two weeks since Christmas. It is generated by 3200 Phaethon Come and can show up to 120 meteors per hour under the right conditions. The twins are best known for their brighter, slower moving meteors, making them easier to see in brighter areas such as cities or suburbs. It takes place during the cold season, but it can be a lot of show to be viewed outside the big city.

Ursidi

When: December 17 to December 26
PIC DATE: 22 to 23 December
Metic Meteor speed: 10 meteors per hour
Radiant: The small immersion

Ursids begins immediately after the peak of Geminids and lasts until the day after Christmas. Since the twins end before Christmas, it is statistically probably, if you have ever watched a Christmas movie that has a shooting star, it probably came from Ursids. The shower peaks on the evening of December 22 by small Dipper, which is easily visible through the night sky during the biggest part of the evening. Like Draconids, it disappears almost as quickly as it appears, lasting only nine days.

Quadrants

When :: December 12, 2025 until January 12, 2026
PIC DATE: 3 to January 4, 2026
Metic Meteor speed: 120 meteors per hour
Radiant: The great immersion

The year ends in the same way that begins with the Quandrantids Meteor shower. It begins in early December and wrapped until the new year. Thus, although the distinction is the only meteor shower that happens twice a year, the peak is always in the first few days of January. Otherwise, it is the same meteor shower as the quadrants listed above. So, we will use this space to deliver a fun fact. Most meteor showers are fed by comets, pieces of ice floating through the universe, which leave long paths that, while the Earth moves through them, create meteors. However, the quadnts are fed until 2003, which is an asteroid, not a comet. Researchers believe in 2003 EH is a potential comet that disappeared and has become an asteroid.