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Comets universally foretold disasters and misfortune until the start of the scientific revolution. For example, public fears linked the Great Comet of...

Broadside of the 1835 apparition of Halley's comet. Woodcut.

Broadside of the 1835 apparition of Halley's comet. Woodcut.

An engraving showing Arab astrologers using early astronomical instruments.

An illustration ridiculing the practice of astrology.

As astronomers began to explore the physical nature of comets, they found that meteors came from dust left by comets. Major meteor showers such as the...

Comets universally foretold disasters and misfortune until the start of the scientific revolution. For example, public fears linked the Great Comet of...

Broadside of the 1835 apparition of Halley's comet. Woodcut.

The frontispiece of Epistolarum, which Tycho Brahe published himself in 1596, shows the famous mural quadrant used for his observation.

The frontispiece of Epistolarum, which Tycho Brahe published himself in 1596, shows the famous mural quadrant used for his observation.

The frontispiece of Epistolarum, which Tycho Brahe published himself in 1596, shows the famous mural quadrant used for his observation.