Know Your Sky: Tonight, Fragments of Halley’s Comet Will Race Across Earth’s Atmosphere

Credit: NASA/JPL | Orionid meteors The Orionid meteor shower peaks overnight Oct. 21-22, sending fragments of Halley’s Comet streaking through Earth’s atmosphere. For UFO observers, the celestial display offers a lesson in identifying unusual lights. Oct. 21, 2026 | Know Your Sky Tonight, Earth will pass through a stream of ancient comet debris, producing one […]

Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Weather Patterns on a World Beyond Our Solar System

Zakiya Lathan, News Editor, Digital and Audio Using the James Webb Space Telescope, researchers have observed water clouds growing thicker and thinner on a distant brown dwarf, revealing atmospheric processes that resemble Earth’s changing weather. For the first time, astronomers have directly confirmed changing water-cloud patterns on a celestial object beyond our solar system, revealing […]