August 26: The Great Comet

Dakota Datebook by Prairie Public Broadcasting

Aug 26, 20263:00Education

Edmund Halley was an English astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. In 1720, he was named the second Astronomer Royal. He produced a map of the stars in the southern sky and received many awards and accolades. On this...

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