2025 happens to be a "swarm year" for the Southern Taurids, which could see the shower put on a particularly impressive show during the Nov. 4-5 peak, when up to 10 bright meteors may be visible each hour, sharing the skies with a near-full moon. However, the light from the moon may mean that only the brightest meteors will be visible.

The Leonids once produced "one of the greatest meteor storms in living memory. Rates were as high as thousands of meteors per minute during a 15-minute span" on Nov. 17, 1966."

For generations, scientists believed that the West Coast’s two great earthquake engines — the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault — operated on separate geologic stages. One dives, one slides, and both hold immense destructive potential.

Viewing conditions for the Taurids are good for the Southern Taurids but may wash out the Northern Taurids this year.

Against the backdrop of tonight's October new moon and dark skies, the active Orionid meteor shower will be on display as the rare Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) becomes visible at its closest to earth on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. The Orionid meteor shower is ...