Admirers of space will have a few more reasons to look up next month, as three more meteor showers are expected to reach peak visibility.
The Orionids meteor shower peaks on Monday, but will continue to light up the sky through Nov. 22, as debris from Halley's Comet enters Earth's atmosphere.
NASA believes the meteor shower—dust and debris from Halley’s comet—is one of the “most beautiful” of the year.
The Orionids, which began in late September, are considered the most beautiful of the annual meteor showers. The activity ...
and the Orionids meteor shower should peak Oct. 20-21. There's also another supermoon coming, as well as a major NASA mission launch. Follow this calendar of events to learn how to catch some of ...
The Draconid meteor shower will peak on Tuesday evening, providing stargazers across the UK with a chance to see it. The shower happens annually and this year the meteors - also called shooting ...
Compared to something like the Perseid meteor shower, the Draconids are a bit more demure. At most, one might see up to 10 meteors streaking across the night sky per hour. The Draconids are also ...
which can make the meteor shower seem faint. Camping out in the country can triple the number of visible meteors, scientists from NASA said. And don’t forget to grab your camera before you head out.
However, the axis tilts at 23.5 degrees, as NASA explains. That positions one hemisphere of the planet to get more sunlight than the other for half of the year’s orbit around the sun.
The Draconid meteor ... head of NASA’s Meteoroid Environment Office, provided some insight into the nature of the Draconids: “The Draconids are what I call an all-or-nothing shower.