Earth is in the process of plowing through space debris. It’s passing through a stream of dusty debris from Halley's Comet, and this is causing meteors to shoot out of the constellation Orion. Forecasters say the shower will peak tomorrow morning. At its peak before sunrise Wednesday morning, the Orionids shower should produce 20 to 25 meteors an hour. The Orionids are so named because the meteors appear to radiate from near the constellation Orion, aka the Hunter. At this time of year, Orion rises at about 11 p.m. local time worldwide, so the best time to view the Orionids will be late in the night after midnight. Since we have a new moon during the peak of this meteor shower, it will be easier to see the meteors. You don’t even need binoculars to see them, just head outside away from bright lights and let your eyes adjust to the fainter objects in the sky.

The Orionid meteors are created by a band of small particles that circle through the solar system in the orbit of Halley's comet. The comet is visible to the naked eye, and in the 1700s astronomer Edmond Halley was the first to correctly predict its return, calculating that the comet comes back every 76 years.