Orionid Meteor Shower Returns: Where and When to See It

This Week's 'Beautiful' Meteor Shower Is About To Light Up The Sky

Stargazers have been spoiled this year. Aside from the usual Lyrid and Eta Aquariid meteor showers, we’ve also enjoyed a solar eclipse – which was itself followed by a Perseid meteor shower in what was termed a “cosmic double whammy”. Now, we’re due for what NASA calls “one of the most beautiful [meteor] showers of the year”: the Orionids. Here’s what those are, as well as when and where you’ll be able to see them.What is the Orionid meteor show…

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Orionid Meteor Shower Returns: Where and When to See It

The Orionid meteor shower will return this week as Earth passes through dust and debris left behind by Halley's Comet.