The remnants behind Halley’s comet will deliver the annual Orionid meteor shower this weekend in North America. Here's how to see it.

The remnants behind Halley’s comet will deliver the annual Orionid meteor shower this weekend in North America. Here's how to see it.

Some people across the country were lucky enough to capture footage of a suspected fireball as it streaked across the sky on Thursday night.

George Varros and Dr. Peter Jenniskens/NASA/Getty Images(CNN) - People living in Central New York who reported hearing a loud, fearful boom on Monday night can rest relatively easily -- it was likely just a fiery rock from the far-flung reaches of outer space. A few minutes later, I heard a very loud boom." Another witness told the AMS that it sounded like they were "standing an inch away from the biggest firework possible being let off." It can explode when it collides with the denser atmosphere, creating a sonic boom it occurs close enough to the surface. The AMS and its international partners receive about 20,000 fireball reports every year.