From doomsday to fact: Science lifts veil on comets
Paris (AFP) Nov 12, 2014 - For millennia, the sight of a comet filled humans with awe or dread. The birth of Jesus, the assassination of Julius Caesar, the Great Plague of London, the coming of war or peace, bountiful harvests or famine... all thought to be portended by cosmic herald. Bit by bit, mysticism about comets has been replaced by fact as scientists discover more about these epic and ancient travellers of ... more
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