shooting star

Look to the skies late on Sunday night into early Monday morning and you may well see some shooting stars as the Leonid meteor shower peaks.

These tiny particles burn up with the friction of the Earth's atmosphere and leave a streak of light through the sky - the meteor, which is sometimes referred to as a shooting star.

Streaks of light, commonly referred to as shooting stars, appear in the night sky when a piece of dust or other debris encounters the Earth’s atmosphere and burns up.

The meteors, which are sometimes referred to as shooting stars, will appear as streaks of light in the evening sky.

Give your eyes around 30 minutes to adjust to the darkness and either sit or lie down and you should start to see some shooting stars - the meteors.