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Be sure to turn your eyes to the night sky, as brief flashes of light will streak through outer space on Tuesday night. Two meteor showers will peak Tuesday night and into the following morning.

Space is dirty. Filthy. It's littered with asteroids, and rocks, and dust. Some of that material falls to the earth. When it enters the atmosphere, we call it a meteor. If it lands, it's a meteorite.

The year's first supermoon and meteor shower will sync together in January skies, but the light from one may dim the other.

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