The Leonids meteor shower will send bright green shooting stars across the sky this weekend, early next week. Here's how to see them.

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• The Leonids meteor shower peaks this weekend and early next week, with about 15 meteors streaking across the night sky every hour.
• The waning gibbous moon will be bright, but you can still catch some green shooting stars.
• The Leonids have made spectacular meteor storms in the past, with up to 100,000 shooting stars each hour. The next one will appear in 2099.
• Here's how you can see the shooting stars.
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If you see bright green shooting stars streak across the night sky this week, don't worry. It's not an omen. It's just the Leonids.

The meteor shower peaks the nights of November 16 through 18. The moon might outshine them as it wanes gibbous — the full moon is over, and it's just starting to pass into shadow — but you can still catch a few meteors. Expect about 15 per hour.

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