The Parker Solar Probe’s main objective is to study the Sun, and since its launch in August 2018, it has discovered new information about the solar wind and the sun’s magnetic fields as it continues to study our closest star.However, because we can normally only see the meteor showers as streaks from Earth, the probe offers a new lens through which to see the showers. Once astronomers get more data on the mass and distribution of the material that makes up the Geminids dust stream, they’ll be able to run computer simulations to find out how the material came to be. The discovery announcement, made on Dec. 9 at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union, was well timed. The Geminids are expected to peak Dec. 13 and 14, allowing everyone to wonder a bit more about their origin.