The nucleus of Halley's comet, which is considered to be ... of sunlight on the dust streaming from the comet, and a fainter ion tail, which is composed of electrically charged atoms swept from ...

On July 23, the comet's head is now perhaps as bright as first magnitude, low in the northeast dawn sky, with a short tail pointing almost straight up from the horizon. By now, Halley will ...

A suspected meteorite that struck a house in New Jersey on May 8 may have originated from the Eta Aquariids meteor shower, which is caused by Halley’s comet. As reported on the website of ...

In 1910, a wave of hysteria swept over the United States amid reports that Earth was about to pass through Halley's tail. For Tom Bopp, the comet did indeed portend heartbreak. Three days before ...

As there wasn’t enough excitement about comets this month, here’s a chance to see the impact of Halley's Comet, the most famous clump of ice, rock and dust in the solar system. Last seen in ...