Evidence from medieval chronicles suggests that the periodic nature of Halley’s Comet was recognized centuries earlier than previously believed.
However, new research has revealed that an 11th-century English monk named Eilmer of Malmesbury actually recognized the comet ...
An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.
The comet the world knows as Halley’s Comet may owe its “first to spot the pattern” credit to someone far earlier than Edmond Halley: an 11th-century English monk. New interdisciplinary research ...
New research indicates that Eilmer of Malmesbury, an 11th-century English Benedictine monk, was the first person to observe Halley’s Comet over 600 years before Edmond Halley. He saw the comet twice ...