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Quadrantid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend as Supermoon Cuts Visible Rates

The brief, hours-long maximum favors Northern Hemisphere observers in the early hours of January 4.

Northern Lights Reach Fewer States as Geomagnetic Activity Eases