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A dazzling meteor shower will be visible tonight as the Orionid meteor shower peaks between midnight and dawn local times.

Unique to the Orionids, NASA notes, the meteors seen during this shower are particularly fast and bright. Furthermore, they ...

The Orionid meteor shower is set to peak tonight (October 21), with up to 20 meteors an hour expected to be visible in the ...

Keep an eye on the night sky in October—you might catch a falling star! The Orionid meteor shower reaches its peak on the night of Oct. 21-22, and the Draconids will also be visible earlier in the ...

For best viewing, look toward the southern sky and plan to be outside at around 10 p.m. Monday night or 4 to 5 a.m. Tuesday morning in your local time, Lunsford advised. The Orionid meteor shower ...

Astronomer Gianluca Masi and his Virtual Telescope Project will host a special livestream on Oct. 24 beginning at 1:30 p.m.

The Orionid meteor shower will peak tonight. Here's everything you need to know. See where the best places to watch 'shooting stars' are in Mississippi ...

The Orionids — one of two major meteor showers caused by remnants from Halley’s comet — will peak with the arrival of a new ...

The metal-coated asteroid Psyche may have had eruptions of molten iron and nickel on its surface. This situation was more likely if the space rock is made of the same chemicals as metal-rich ...