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It's that time of year again when a visual spectacle will light up the night sky.The short-lived Draconid meteor shower is active every October in the Northern Hemisphere and is occurring this week between Oct. 6 and Oct. 10. However, the shower will peak this year around Oct. 8.
According to NASA Science, the Draconids occur when Earth passes through space debris left behind by Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner. The small comet measures just over one mile in diameter, but every time it passes through the inner solar system, it sheds debris that then enters Earth's atmosphere and creates burning bursts of light that streak across the night sky.
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