Draconid meteor shower 2024: How to see dozens of 'shooting stars' fall from the dragon's tail this week
Like all meteor showers, the Draconids occur when Earth passes through a cloud of rocky debris left behind by a comet. In this case, that's Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, which passes through the solar system and crosses Earth's orbit once every 6.5 years, according to NASA.