The Orionid Meteor Shower will be at its most active from midnight tonight Up to 25 meteors per hour will emerge from the ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. The Orionids are one of stargazers’ favorite meteor showers of the year.

Casting a wide view will help you spot more streaks of Halley's debris. The Orionids shower gets its name from the Orion constellation, which is where the meteors seem to originate in the sky ...

From the ground, that drama plays out against the backdrop of some of the brightest stars in the sky: the Orion constellation ... the Northern Taurids, which peaks on November 11 and 12.

In short, you may notice Orion the hunter a bit more the next few months. The Geminids meteor shower, one of the more active showers of the year, peaks on the night of Dec. 13-14. Under ideal ...