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A little over a century ago, we were a mere 300 miles away from being completely annihilated by a pack of apocalypse-inducing comets.

Throughout the next week or so, you'll be able to catch a glimpse of the Orionid meteor shower, which is caused by leftover debris from Halley's Comet.

"Some flashes of lambent light, much like the aurora borealis, were first observed on the northern part of the heavens....as soon as the meteor emerged from behind the cloud, its light was prodigious."