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Halley's Comet was last visible from Earth in 1986 and will not return for several decades, yet the material it left in the inner solar system continues to cause annual meteor showers.

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Halley's comet swings near Earth every 75 years. But debris left by the comet leads to two major meteor showers every year including the Eta Aquarids. When this meteor shower lights up the night ...

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A view of the Eta Aquarid meteor shower, as a result of Earth passing through dust released by Halley's Comet, seen from Barranco de Ajuy on Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands, Spain, May 6, 2013.