WASHINGTON — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every ...

Recently, a 600-year old copper inscription found at a temple in Andhra Pradesh has revealed India's first reference to Halley’s Comet. This is significant as it is the first date-specific account ...

Halley's comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids. When this meteor shower lights up the night ...

A rare epigraphical discovery by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) reveals the first Indian inscription referencing Halley's Comet. Found on a ...

The first Indian epigraphical reference to Halley’s Comet has been discovered in a copper plate inscription dated 1456 CE belonging to the Vijayanagar period and preserved at the Srisailam ...

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Mumbai's Khagol Mandal transforms superstition into fascination for astronomy through education, outreach, and skygazing ...

The best time to see the June Bootids in the U.S. is in the hours following sunset on the night of June 27, when the radiant ...

Each June, Earth encounters a stream of particles shed by the 5-kilometer-wide (3.1-mile-wide) comet 7P/Pons-Winnecke, heralding the onset of the Bootid meteor shower.

It has been advised that the debris may be either a fragment of a meteor or potentially space debris, commonly referred to as ...

Astronomical alignment with Halley's comet The inscription date in the Indian calendar is śaka 1378, dhātr̥ āṣāḍha ba. 11, which reads exactly to Monday, June 28, 1456 CE.