It's been 40 years since the Challenger space shuttle, carrying seven people, took off from Florida's Kennedy Space Center, ...

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The comet the world knows as Halley’s Comet may owe its “first to spot the pattern” credit to someone far earlier than Edmond Halley: an 11th-century English monk. New interdisciplinary research ...

King William should have seen his demise coming, according to the medieval omen experts of his era. Halley’s comet appeared ...

There's a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic ...

The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet ...

There’s a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic ...

Aurora alert! The colossal solar storm could impact and trigger impressive northern lights.

Earth's magnetic field was struck by a "severe" solar storm Monday (Jan. 19), triggering vibrant auroras in the U.S. and ...

However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet ...

Now that the comet has hit the earth, there's nothing left for the sequel to do but meander. So now that that comet — or, in fact, a collection of rock fragments — has hit the earth, what is there ...

Recently discovered Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) will make its closest approach to the sun and Earth in late April and could potentially be visible to the naked eye. It may end up being the brightest ...