It’s been said that the general public knows three astronomical objects: the Moon, the rings of Saturn, and Halley’s Comet. English astronomer Edmond Halley, born Nov. 8, 1656, didn’t discover the object named for him. In fact, he never even saw it — but his mathematical prediction of its return in 1758 guaranteed his placeContinue reading “Nov. 8, 1656: The birth of Edmond Halley”
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