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The dazzling Orionid meteor shower peaked on Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning between midnight and dawn.

The Orionid meteor shower is active each year from about Oct. 2 to Nov. 7, according to the American Meteor Society. This ...

A few light showers pushed across the state overnight, those showers should fade after sunrise but clouds will stick around ...

Grace Jamison, 19, was showering when a parasite embedded itself in her cornea - causing her to start 'going blind' and ...

"Taurid meteors tend to be larger than other meteors and can survive for longer periods as they pass through Earth's ...

Some sunshine will bring central Iowa a mild Friday afternoon, but clouds thicken this weekend keeping us cool with spotty ...

Comets Lemmon and SWAN will be at their brightest just as the annual Orionid meteor shower produced by Halley's Comet reaches ...

Comets Lemmon (C/2025 A6) and SWAN (C/2025 R2) are both currently visible, while the Orionid meteor shower is in the midst of its peak activity period. Comet Lemmon is not expected to return to Earth ...

One of autumn’s best meteor showers is peaking, with the annual Orionid shower set to hit its peak in the early part of this ...

The 2025 Orionid meteor shower will peak on the night of Monday, October 20, continuing into the early hours of Tuesday, ...

Meteor showers are always best seen with the naked eye. Meteors are, in general, pretty fast as they burn through the ...