Stargazers are in for a treat this month when hundreds of shooting stars light up the sky during an Orionid meteor shower. This cosmic event happens when Earth passes through stream of debris left behind Comet Halley – the parent comet of the Orionid shower. Stargazers are in for a treat this month when hundreds of shooting stars light up the sky during an Orionid meteor shower. Pictured is the Orionid shower in China from 2015Here the comet’s nucleus sheds ice and rocky dust into space that become Orionoid meteors in October. People in North and South America will have a glimpse of the Blue Moon, along with those in India, Europe and Asia.

Source: Daily Mail October 01, 2020 21:00 UTC