It will be a while before you can see it for yourself, however. Halley’s comet was last visible from Earth in 1986, meaning we won’t have a chance to see it again until 2061. The comet is expected to ...
NASA says the meteor shower is best viewed during the pre-dawn hours, but the sweet spot is between midnight and 2 a.m. Make sure to look to the southeast sky, near the direction of the Orion ...
Explore NASA’s 2025 comet watchlist, which features the interstellar visitor Comet 3I/ATLAS and 8 others reshaping U.S. space ...
Have you ever seen a meteor shower? If not, there's one coming up next week that you'll be able to view, and it's called the Orionid meteor shower. This meteor shower originates from the famed, Halley ...
The meteors, per the American Meteor Society, are active annually from around Oct. 2 to Nov. 7 and can each streak up to ...
The comet is a Halley-type comet, meaning it’s an icy object that has an orbital period of anywhere between 20 and 200 years.
WASHINGTON — The Orionid meteor shower will put on a cosmic show in the night sky this week, giving stargazers a chance to see up to 20 meteors per hour. The Orionids will peak on Tuesday, Oct. 21, ...