The world’s first artificial METEOR SHOWER will take place over Japan in 2025

Better start saving your wishes now, because in 2025 hundreds of shooting stars will be climbing through the sky – after being ejected from a satellite.

These form the world’s first artificial meteor shower from space start-up ALE, which is to take place over Japan.

Shooting stars appear when Earth passes through a cloud of debris left in its orbit by comets and asteroids.

The particles emit light because they heat up quickly as they fly through the atmosphere at high speeds.

For this project, called SKY CANVAS, meteor-replicating particles will be installed in a satellite at an altitude of 250 miles (400 km) and then released over a specified area.

These metallic particles are 0.4 inch (1 cm) diameter spheres with a mass of a few grams.

The pea-sized orbs have a secret chemical formula that causes them to glow at speeds of up to 8 km per second through the friction of re-entry.

According to ALE, they travel slower and shine longer than natural shooting stars — up to 10 seconds at a time.

They will be visible to stargazers over a range of 200 km (125 miles).

The ingredients in the pellets can be manipulated to change the color of each bright streak, meaning a multicolored flotilla of shooting stars could be created.

After about two years in orbit, the backpack-sized satellite will re-enter the atmosphere and completely disintegrate, preventing it from becoming space junk.

The light show is not only for the viewing pleasure of stargazers, but also helps to collect data about the third layer of the earth’s atmosphere – the “mesosphere”.

This region is not easy to study as weather balloons and airplanes cannot fly high enough to reach it, but it is too low for satellites to observe.

But scientists will be able to gather information about wind speed and atmospheric composition by tracking the path and light emission of the artificial meteors.

ALE engineers will be able to control the position, speed and timing of the meteor particles to aid in experiments.

The team hopes the data will help inform weather models and ultimately improve our understanding of climate change.

Another goal of the project, first announced in 2015, is to help generate greater interest in space and science in general.

dr Lena Okajima, Founder and CEO of ALE, said: “Our goal is to contribute to the sustainable development of humankind and to bring space closer to all of us by expanding the range of human activities beyond Earth to discover essential things, to collect and apply data from space.

“As a first step, I founded ALE to create the world’s first man-made shooting star to inspire wonder and spark scientific curiosity.

“In the future, we believe that by combining critical climate research with a new form of space entertainment, we can advance our scientific understanding of climate change while inspiring curiosity and interest in space and the universe among people around the world.”

Anyone wishing to support the project financially can do so by purchasing a SKY CANVAS VIP PASS NFT.

This will give you access to online viewings and a chance to win an invitation to view the SKY CANVAS show in person.

These are not currently available and their price has not been announced