The American Meteor Society received 17 reports of a ... at 6:20 p.m. that lasted for about 45 seconds and was blue and white. “One of the craziest things I have ever seen with my own eyes ...

The only meteor shower produced by an asteroid rather than a comet, the Geminids are not only the most numerous but the most colorful, too, with white, yellow and even green "shooting stars" possible.

The Quadrantids, for example, originate from the asteroid 2003 EH1 and produce meteors with blue or yellow-white tinges. To observe a meteor shower, head to a dark location away from city lights ...