If you've ever sat out in the country in Texas on a moonless evening you'll be amazed watching all the shooting stars. From December 13th-24th keep an eye on the sky.
The Perseid Meteor Shower is set for this Monday-Tuesday, August 12-13 although you could catch some meteors as early as Saturday the 10th. This is your chance to see an incredible meteor shower of about 50-100 shooting stars per hour. This will be a spectacular show if you are willing to stay up for it.
It may have looked like a scene out of a sci-fi movie, but a meteor racing across the sky in Russia had people scared out of their wits Friday morning.
I remember Halley's comet do you? It was 25 years ago, which doesn't seem possible, but it was 1986 when the comet was last visible to us. Now we can see meteors that are spawned by the comet.