The Ursid meteor shower take place every winter in December.
The meteors, which are also known as shooting stars, appear as streaks of light in the night sky.
They occur when the Earth passes through the debris of a comet or an asteroid.
The material, which is usually bits of rock or ice, hits our atmosphere and burns up due to the friction, and we see this as flares of light.
The Ursids originate from the dust of Comet 8P/Tuttle.
It takes around 13.5 years to travel around the Sun in its oval-shaped orbit.
As the meteors appear to come from near the Ursa Minor constellation, it's therefore known as the Ursid meteor shower.