EPISODE · Dec 7, 2025 · 5 MIN
The Geminids, Phaethon, and the Year's Chariot of Fire
from The Storyteller's Night Sky · host Mary Stewart Adams
The year's most prolific meteor shower radiates through the night from the region of Gemini stars this week, caused by the “rock comet” Phaethon, who in Greek mythology dared to lead the horses in his father's Chariot of Fire.
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