meteor shower

The Moon Sets, the Sky Opens: Catching Halley’s Dust in the 2026 Orionids

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Every October I find myself standing in a cold field at two in the morning, craning my neck at a patch of sky most people stop thinking about after Labor Day. The crew calls it the appointment. The rest of the world calls it the Orionid meteor shower, and this year’s appointment book says Wednesday … Read more

Chasing the 2026 Perseids: A Dark-Sky Field Guide to Nature’s Greatest Fireworks Show

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I’ll never forget my first real meteor shower. I was twelve, lying on a deflated air mattress in the back of my dad’s pickup truck, somewhere deep in the Oregon high desert. The sky was so thick with stars it looked like someone had spilled salt on black velvet. And then — a streak. Then … Read more