On 18th October 2026 at https://spaceweather.com … a faint patch of light in the night sky, directly opposite the Sun, the Gegenschein. German for counter shine. Sunlight bouncing off dust in the plane of the solar system. At the anti solar point the grains of dust are fully lit up and reflects sunlight straight back towards Earth.
The Earth is now entering a Taurid debris stream – source of the Halloween fire balls. For 3 or weeks Earth will travel through the meteor stream.