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Halley’s Comet may be named after the wrong person — an 11th-century monk saw it return and recognized it from his childhood
In 1066, an elderly Benedictine monk stood in the grounds of Malmesbury Abbey in southwestern England and watched a bright, tailed star climb across the spring sky. According to the medieval ...
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History's most famous Halley's comet may need a new name, and the real discoverer was a monk nobody ever heard of
For centuries, Halley’s Comet has carried the name of English astronomer Edmond Halley. His work transformed astronomy by proving that the bright comet appearing every few decades was not a random ...
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