comet

The Orionid shower is made up of particles from Halley’s Comet burning in the atmosphere as Earth’s orbit intersects the comet’s path, according to NASA.

The comet itself only passes by Earth roughly every 75 years, with the next date expected to be the summer of 2061.

Both orbiters used their onboard cameras to track the comet's motion.

He will be remembered as the actor who blazed like a comet at the height of the 1960s, surrounded by the decade's most beautiful women.

Meteor showers occur when Earth passes through trails of dust and debris left behind by comets or asteroids.