NASA is hosting a live chat and a live stream of the Orionids meteor shower from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. on Saturday. You can watch the video provided above from NASA via UStream.
The shower should be at its peak the night of Saturday, Oct. 20, until just before dawn on Oct. 21. This year, the moon will be setting at approximately midnight, which will keep the sky darkened enough that—barring cloud cover—you should be able to see up to 15 meteors per hour.What makes this shower so cool? First of all, c'mon—it's a show of shooting stars.Also, though, there's no question about where to look for this one. Meteor showers get their namesfrom the constellations in the sky where they can be spotted. And what's easier to spot than Orion the Hunter?The stars tend to shoot from
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