History's most famous Halley's comet may need a new name, and the real discoverer was a monk nobody ever heard of

Halley’s Comet naming controversy is reshaping astronomy history after new medieval research revealed a forgotten discovery from nearly 1,000 years ago. Researchers from Leiden University say English monk Eilmer of Malmesbury may have recognized Halley’s Comet as a repeating object centuries before Edmond Halley made his famous calculations. Historical records linked the comet’s terrifying 1066 appearance with war, royal deaths, and the Norman conquest of England. Scientists now believe this discovery...