On a dark night, at the peak of the shower at around 2 a.m. (for all time zones), "you can often catch 50 or more meteors per hour," EarthSky.org stated. "During an optimum night for the Geminids, ...
“There have been at least five really major mass extinctions since then,” notes Dr Fleming, “not just the asteroid that destroyed all the dinosaurs, but also grand eruptions of undersea vents that ...