On December 15, 2025, the Geminids — often called the year’s most reliable “shooting star” show — are still making headlines around the world. While peak activity has largely passed, late-season Geminid meteors are continuing to streak across dark skies, and today’s coverage has put renewed focus on the shower’s strangest detail: the Geminids come from an asteroid, not a comet. NASA Science+1 If you’re searching for “Geminids asteroid today,” you’re almost certainly looking for the story of asteroid 3200 Phaethon — a rocky object that behaves like a comet at times, leaving behind the debris Earth plows into each December. NASA Science+1 Geminids meteor shower