From NASA: “In 1986, the European spacecraft Giotto became one of the first spacecraft to encounter and photograph the nucleus of a comet, passing and imaging Halley’s nucleus as it receded ...

The Giotto spacecraft, launched in 1985, became the first to fly by the comet and capture close-up images of its nucleus. Where was Halley’s Comet Discovered? While the icy spectacle of Halley's ...

In the case of the Orionids, the debris is created by Halley’s Comet. Each time Halley returns to the inner solar system its ...

Around the world, people were transfixed 'as the probe Giotto beamed back the first live pictures 'of a comet nucleus. 'It was the last we'll see of comet Halley, until 2061.' TIM PEAKE ...