Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An unusual horned comet notable for a series of outbursts, nicknamed the “devil’s comet,” will make its closest approach to Earth on Sunday around 3 a.m. ET. Although the comet has not been visible to … Read more
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. An unusual horned comet notable for a series of outbursts, nicknamed the “devil’s comet,” will make its closest approach to Earth on Sunday around 3 a.m. ET. Although the comet has not been visible to … Read more
It’s been 38 years since Halley’s Comet last passed through the inner solar system. This famous comet takes about 75 years to orbit the sun. But if you’re 42 or younger, you probably have little or no memory of this famous cosmic vagabond’s appearance in 1986 (your next chance comes in the summer of 2061). … Read more
Snopes compilation/public domain Claim: American author Mark Twain was born and died on the days Halley’s Comet passed Earth. Judgement: Rating: Mixture What is true: Halley’s perihelion, the comet’s closest approach to the Sun, occurred in 1835 and 1910, the years of Twain’s birth and death. What is not true: The comet was not at … Read more
As of Friday, December 8, we can finally say with absolute certainty that Halley’s Comet is coming. This most famous of all comets travels in a flattened elliptical orbit around the Sun, bringing it close to the Sun and then taking it far beyond the boundaries of the Solar System. Since reaching perihelion – the … Read more