Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.
The release in question is based on a book chapter in which Professor Michael Lewis of the British Museum and Professor Simon ...
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 ...
An 11th-century monk saw the famous "Halley's comet" first as a child and later as an adult, new research finds.
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