Meteor showers occur when a meteor comes too close to the earth and gets drawn in by the earth's gravity. The light you see trailing behind the meteor (shooting star) is Ice melting off of it from the sun's heat.
The Perseid Meteor Shower occurs in August. The Leonid Meteor Shower occurs in November.
The Leonid meteor shower, often just called the Leonids, occur in November of every year.
The first meteor shower of 2014 is expected to occur in May. The show that astronomers are calling a storm will occur as the Earth passes through debris left from comet 209P/linear.
the next one this year is around nov15-18
ive heard that it will be on December 21st 2010
The leonid vandeski (Leonids Meteor Shower) is a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel-Tuttle
The Gemenid meteor shower has already started, and will probably last throughout the weekend. You will have the best viewing from after 10PM through about 4 AM each night.
a meteor shower
Yes. There are several meteor 'showers' every year.
When a meteor shower is in progress, it's visible from the entire night side of the earth. Search "meteor shower" on line for the dates of meteor showers expected in the near future.
October 21, 22 - Orionids Meteor Shower.
The next time a meteor shower and eclipse occur on the same day will be on October 8, 2131. This event is rare because meteor showers and eclipses are separate celestial phenomena that do not frequently align on the same day.