The particles causing this shower come from Halley's Comet, also known as Comet 1P/Halley, a well-known comet that orbits the Sun approximately every 76 years. This same comet is also responsible ...

The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible. The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May.

Around the world, people were transfixed 'as the probe Giotto beamed back the first live pictures 'of a comet nucleus. 'It was the last we'll see of comet Halley, until 2061.' TIM PEAKE ...