The most visible meteor shower of the year is set to peak tomorrow night and will be visible in the UAE's skies. The <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/uae-sky-full-of-shooting-stars-geminids-meteor-shower-puts-on-dazzling-display-1.1128257" target="_blank">Geminids</a> are an annual event. They start appearing on December 4, but reach their peak on December 13 and 14, with about 120 meteors an hour. The <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/science/geminids-the-most-visible-meteor-showers-peak-tonight-in-uae-here-s-how-to-watch-them-1.1127560" target="_blank">Geminids</a> are caused by fragments breaking off from the asteroid 3200 Phaethon, and appear as shooting stars as they burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. “The shower appears to originate from a point in the constellation Gemini near the stars Castor and Pollux, but you do not have to look there – just watch whatever part of your sky offers the darkest view,” the European Space Agency said. “The <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/2021/06/29/geminids-meteor-shower-2020/" target="_blank">Geminid</a> meteoroids are tiny bits of rocky debris, sand-grains to pea-size, shed from a small asteroid named Phaethon. “Over the centuries, these particles have spread along the asteroid’s orbit to form a moving ‘river of rubble’ hundreds of millions of kilometres long. Earth’s own annual orbit around the Sun carries us through this stream of particles every mid-December.” The Geminids travel at 35 kilometres per second, about 40 times faster than a bullet, according to US space agency Nasa. The Dubai Astronomy Group is hosting a viewing event at the Al Razeen Desert in Abu Dhabi on December 13 from 10am to 4am. People can register on the group's <a href="https://dubaiastronomy.com/" target="_blank">website</a>. Last year, about 200 people attended meeting organised at Wadi Shawka in Ras Al Khaimah. Several live-streaming events, including the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NasaMeteorWatch/">Nasa Meteor Watch</a>, have also been held.