This is the Daily Spakes for today Monday, October 21st, 2019.

I am your host, Dr. Pamela Gay, and I am here to put science in your brain.

Most Mondays through Fridays either I or my co-host Annie Wilson will be here, bringing

you a quick rundown of all that is new in space and astronomy.

I'm not going to lie.

We are currently entering my favorite time of year.

Here in the Northern Hemisphere our temperatures are dropping, the trees are putting on a color

show, Halloween decorations are up, and Orion is greeting me during my final dog walk

of the night.

Tonight, Orion also has an extra surprise.

It will be the point of origin for a myriad of shooting stars associated with the Orion

-media shower.

With only 20 to 25 meteors per hour and with a third quarter moon rising alongside the

constellation Orion, you may not see very much.

I still want you to know about this meteor shower, however, because it is part of a larger

and very pleasing set of cosmic events.

One of the most consistently bright comets to pass through our inner solar system is

Comet Hailey.

Archaeological records hinted at being observed as early as 467 BC, and its regular return

has been noted by people of a myriad of nations in writings, art, historical tales told

by Bards.

And in 1705, less than 20 years after Newton put forward his laws of gravity force and

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