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 ...

When funding for a spacecraft mission to comet 1P/Halley, which was enroute to its 1986 perihelion passage, didn’t materialise, planetary scientist Robert Farquhar came up with an idea.

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 ...

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 ...

Did you know? The Orionids are the second meteor shower in the year created by Halley's Comet, the Eta Aquarids in May are also created by the famous comet. The Orionid meteor shower is produced ...