Orionid Meteor Shower Promises Bright Sky Show This Week

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 06:40 in Astronomy & Space

One of the year's most reliable meteor showers is set to peak before sunrise on Thursday morning. This display is known as the Orionids, because the meteors seem to fan out from an area north of the constellation Orion's second-brightest star.

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