This is India's first historically documented appearance of Halley’s Comet, which passes Earth approximately every 76 years and was visible that year across several parts of the world.

A recently discovered interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, could potentially be the oldest comet ever observed, predating our solar ...

Historical records from various parts of the world also indicate that the appearance of Halley’s Comet in 1456 CE was widely feared and interpreted as a bad omen.

The donation was made "in order to pacify the great calamity that is believed to arise due to the appearance of a comet (Dhumaketu mahotpata santyartham)" and its meteor shower (Prakasyaya ...

On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet. Nearly ...

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.

First Indian epigraphical reference to Halley’s Comet found in 15th century copper plate inscription in Mallikarjunaswamy temple in Srisailam The inscription records a grant made by the ...

The icy traveler, called 3I/ATLAS or Comet ATLAS, was discovered on July 1 by the NASA -funded ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile. This enormous space snowball came from the direction of the ...

A newly discovered comet, 3I/ATLAS, may be the most ancient visitor ever detected, potentially older than our solar system itself. Unlike previous interstellar objects, this ice-rich comet seems to ...

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 will be at its highest point in the post sunset sky, according to ...

The inscription notes that the land grant was made to Vedic scholar and astronomer Limgaṇarya to counteract the perceived negative effects of the comet’s appearance and an associated meteor shower, ...