Meteor shower caused by Halley's Comet peaks
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How long until we see Halley’s comet again?
It will be a while before you can see it for yourself, however. Halley’s comet was last visible from Earth in 1986, meaning we won’t have a chance to see it again until 2061. The comet is expected to appear in our skies around mid-June that year, Space.com reports, and remain visible into August.
There's plenty of time for planning ahead to see the Orionid meteor shower coming up this fall. The Orionid meteors originate from the famous Halley's Comet. "Each time that Halley returns to the inner solar system its nucleus sheds ice and rocky dust into ...
So far, we have identified three. The first one was 1I/’Oumuamua, discovered in 2017, then Comet 2I/Borisov, in 2019. This year, we have found Comet 3I/ATLAS, which is being intensely studied by astronomers across the world, as well as robotic missions on other worlds and in deep space.