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Published online 17 September 1998 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news980917-1

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Fossilized shooting stars

It takes luck, and a sharp eye, to see a shooting star. Watchers of the sky should be in for a treat this November during the annual Leonid meteor shower, as the Earth passes through the tail of Comet Temple-Tuttle.

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