In reality Halley’s comet never came all that close to Earth in 1986, but back in 1910 the planet actually passed through the comet’s tail. This caused mass hysteria and suicides, especially after a French astronomer detected cyanide in the comet’s tail and predicted the possible extinction of all life on Earth.
In reality Halley’s comet never came all that close to Earth in 1986, but back in 1910 the planet actually passed through the comet’s tail. This caused mass hysteria and suicides, especially after a French astronomer detected cyanide in the comet’s tail and predicted the possible extinction of all life on Earth.