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He told them rescue dogs that find bodies at disaster sites can also be trained to detect the fainter scent of a person who had been dead for years, even someone who had been cremated.

The more distant the star is, the fainter it appears.

But Mr Balaji added that while it is expected to be "quite bright", predictions on comet brightness are "notoriously uncertain", with many ending up fainter than initially predicted.

The Geminids can produce up to 150 meteors every hour but you are unlikely to see quite this many, as moonlight will hide some of the fainter ones.

Viewing the Taurids may be affected by the illumination of the Moon, which could obscure some of the fainter meteors.