This year's skywatching peaks with the Orionids meteor shower, showcasing bright meteors against the night’s brightest stars, with connections to the famed Halley’s Comet. 2024 has been a remarkable year for both amateur and professional astronomers,

Time to look up again this month as "one of the most beautiful" meteor showers is expected to make its annual peak this week, according to NASA.

The best time to see the Orionid meteor shower is between midnight on October 21 and dawn on October 22. You'll have much more of a chance of seeing the display if you have a dark sky away from city lights (use a light pollution map to help you with this) and a wide field of view.

ATLAS, the Draconid meteors and the full Hunter’s Moon, October has already been an exciting month for skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Now, you can add the Orionid meteor shower to that list. The Orionids fill the night sky each fall from late September to mid-November.

Just days after a once-in-a-lifetime comet was spotted over Texas, San Antonio skywatchers will have the chance to witness one of the most beautiful meteor showers of the year. It's also the second meteor shower to peak in October after the Draconids. NASA says the meteor shower is "framed by some of the brightest stars in the night sky."

Here’s how to watch the Orionids. What is the Orionids meteor shower? NASA describes the Orionids, which peak annually in mid-October, as one of the most beautiful meteor shower

Jackets will be needed for the morning hours this week, however, afternoons will be sunny & warm through Wednesday.

The Orionid meteor shower is annual show of celestial debris from Halley’s Comet as it rips through space. The meteors, sometimes referred to as shooting stars, originate from t

This event is linked to Halley’s comet, and occurs as another comet, Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, remains visible. But a nearly full moon could interfere with some views.

The annual Orionid meteor shower is set to peak Sunday night into Monday at a rate of 10 to 20 meteors per hour. Here’s how to see the spectacle in the night sky.