During these showers you can see dozens and sometimes hundreds of shooting stars, depending on the time of day and your location.
Most people believe that a shooting star is a rare sight, which is only true if you do not know when to look for them. Shooting stars are small pieces of space debris that fall onto the Earth. Most do not make it to the ground, as they burn up in the atmosphere. The meteors that you can see during meteor showers are usually debris left behind by comets when they crossed the Earth’s orbit. During these showers you can see dozens and sometimes hundreds of shooting stars, depending on the time of day and your location.