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The much-admired natural spectacle of the Geminids at its peak in the early morning hours of 14.12.2025 in the Salzburger Flachgau. The Geminid meteor current was probably triggered by an asteroid called "Phaeton", and can be admired annually in December, where at times more than 100 shooting stars can be seen per hour in the night sky. The much-admired natural spectacle of the Geminids reaches its peak in the early morning hours of December 14, 2025, in the Salzburg Flachgau region. The Geminid meteor shower was probably triggered by an asteroid called "Phaeton" and can be admired annually in December, when at times more than 100 shooting stars per hour can be seen in the night sky.
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  • The European Space Agency’s X-ray space observatory XMM-Newton observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 3 December for around 20 hours. During that time, the comet was about 282–285 million km from the spacecraft.
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