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

Andhra Pradesh: A fascinating archaeological find at the Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple in Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, has revealed what seems to be the earliest written reference to Halley’s Comet in India ...

The date mentioned in the inscription, śaka 1378, dhātr̥ āṣāḍha ba. 11, translates exactly to 28 June 1456 CE, the same day Halley’s Comet was seen streaking across the skies.

What if a mysterious comet lighting up the skies centuries ago was not only seen but documented, in metal? In an extraordinary revelation, a 15th-century copper plate inscription discovered at the ...

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, ...

The solar system has a new headline act, and it’s no dainty sky spark. Comet C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein), a frosty rock roughly 85 miles wide, is drifting inward from the Oort Cloud like a ...

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.

A rare epigraphical discovery by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) reveals the first Indian inscription referencing Halley's Comet. Found on a Sanskrit copper plate from 1456 CE in ...

It is worth mentioning that Halley’s Comet was last seen from Earth in 1986 and will return in 2061 on its regular 76-year journey around the Sun.

Vijayawada: The first Indian epigraphical reference to Halley’s Comet has been discovered in the Srisailam Copper Plate Charter, dated 1456 CE, in Andhra Pradesh. According to the Archaeological ...