Halley’s comet may need a new, medieval name

King William should have seen his demise coming, according to the medieval omen experts of his era. Halley’s comet appeared ...
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Research Suggests That An 11th-Century Monk Discovered Halley’s Comet 600 Years Before Astronomer Edmond Halley

However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet ...
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Should We Rename Halley’s Comet? It’s Been Suggested, But We Like His Chances

The release in question is based on a book chapter in which Professor Michael Lewis of the British Museum and Professor Simon ...
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Halley wasn't the first to figure out the famous comet. An 11th-century monk did it first, new research suggests

An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.

Halley's comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer

The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet ...
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English Monk Identified Halley’s Comet 600 Years Before Halley

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 ...
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Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2026: Where, when and how to see it

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower 2025 is active between April 19 and May 28 and this year peaks overnight May 5-6. The best time ...
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An 11th-century monk dethrones Edmond Halley: the comet’s periodicity was understood seven centuries earlier than established

An interdisciplinary investigation published this week has called into question the authorship of one of the most celebrated astronomical discoveries of the modern era: the determination of the cycle ...