What is Halley's Comet?

You've heard Billie Eilish sing about it, but what actually is Halley's Comet?

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[Heythebrodyboy]

Comet: comes
All of humanity: 🔭🔭📡📡📡🔦📸📸📸📺

[thgamingpuppy]

Clouds: I’m about to end this man’s whole career

[robthompson]

The next time she comes back around I'll be 67

[iamtheonewhoasks]

POV: you hadn’t heard this song and already knew what it was:

[Nomesypie]

I’ll be 76, if those old eyes can, I’ll see it for the first time but have the honor of having met it twice. I was a March baby :) So it was visible, but not to my newborn eyes…

[promisteryolo]

I just realised my parents are probably not going able to see it.

[jeffreyweir]

I was a senior in high school in '86. I went camping, then hiked up a mountain with a small group to view this wonderful comet. It was amazing. I'll always remember that day.

[Paopao]

ill be 61 years old by then, hope i dont die till then😂😂 i wanna watch it with my wife on the countryside while looking back on our lives.

[dmchs]

I'll be 58 years old when she comes💖

[L.Trabjerg]

Me being on Mars 2061: "arhg dammit"

[Azabien]

me being a 61yo man: "sup halley"

[gladiator]

"Halley's Comet"
Eminem: And I took that personally

[shivm]

You can see this comet only once or maybe twice is life 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[sirgwindortvinuel]

Fun fact: In Turkey, there is a chocolate-marshmellow biscuit named after the comet and it’s pretty popular.

[arefin.chowdhury]

Kind-a makes me sad knowing I won't be there to watch it next time it flies by! I was 5 when it was here and I was so fascinated about it that I still remember the view.

[rolosilver]

I'll be 55 when it comes, gonna set a reminder on my calendar!

[bruhifyisforbiddentoday]

I'm gonna be a dad when I see this

[utsumano]

I'll be 57! And hopefully the planet is still thriving by then because I'd love to see it.

[kcprints]

“Oh im not free that month, how about August?”

[spaced___x]

Well, guess I'll have to wait until I'm 53...