# Edmond Halley
Top podcast episodes
Updated:
Edmond (or Edmund) Halley, FRS (; 8 November [O.S. 29 October] 1656 – 25 January 1742 [O.S. 14 January 1742]) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, succeeding John Flamsteed in 1720.
From an observatory he constructed on Saint Helena in 1676–77, Halley catalogued the southern celestial hemisphere and recorded a transit of Mercury across the Sun.
First Coast Connect: The price ain’t right
The once sleepy, quaint and borderline podunk vibe of 1980s and ‘90s St. Augustine is now ancient history in the Ancient City. In its place: a buzzy tourist favorite that ranks high on influencer feeds and glossy magazines’ Top 10 lists. T-shirt and seashell shops have given way to upscale Airbnbs,…
Edmond Halley: The Astronomer Who Discovered Halley's Comet
Everyone here has heard of Halley’s Comet. It is, without a doubt, the most famous comet in the world, although some people might not know why. They might also not be familiar with the man it is named after, English astronomer Edmond Halley, who did not discover the comet, but calculated its trajec…
558 - The Transit of Venus part 1
How far away is the sun? English astronomer Edmond Halley suggested that tracking the transit of Venus across the sun would be the key to finding the answer. This set in motion a huge international collaborative scientific endeavour and one of the most comically cursed voyages, by the magnificently…
Conspiracy Corner: Square Earth, Onion Worlds & Dante’s Cosmic Madness (Part 2)
In this chaotic continuation of Conspiracy Corner, the discussion escalates from Hollow Earth into something even stranger—Square Earth, Cube theories, and layered universes built from ancient imagination, flawed science, and pure philosophical chaos. What starts as humor quickly transforms into a …
What Is the Ancient Core Inside Halley's Comet? - The Physical Reality of the Broom Star | Sleepy Facts About the Universe
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!
For most of human history, a strange light would appear in the sky without warning, grow a glowing tail, and vanish. Over twenty centuries, civilizations recorded this visitor as a broom star, a…
36.11 - MU Podcast - This Hollow Earth - Episode 01: Deep Lore
Welcome to Mysterious Universe Season 36, episode 11! According to Buddhist doctrine, Agartha is a subterranean land located deep within the center of our planet. Buddhists believe millions of people live in this underground paradise. Their lives and destinies are directed by an all-powerful and al…
Why Has Arcturus Been Watched for Four Thousand Years? - Edmond Halley and the Moving Stars | Sleepy Facts About the Universe
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!
Arcturus has been called the Faithful Shepherd, the Guardian of the Bear, and the Lofty Lance-Bearer. For at least four thousand years, observers from Sumeria to Greece to Polynesia have noticed…
Edmund Halley House, Oxford, UK [Photography]
![Edmund Halley House, Oxford, UK [Photography]](https://cdn-images-3.listennotes.com/podcasts/my-word-with-douglas-e-welch-douglas-e-welch-9WcDL25A-_u-I4VOLcR7mlq.300x300.jpg)
This is part of a series of photos from our trip to Sicily and Oxford, UK in September 2026
“Edmond Halley was appointed the next Savilian Professor of Geometry in January 1703/4 and is believed to have moved here two months later as a sub-tenant under the lease that John Wallis had held from N…
YES... We STILL Need to Talk About EKANE · CPS, McDonald’s & the Relapse
In 1693, Edmond Halley took his eyes off the sky and started counting the dead. Out of those records came the life table, the math behind life insurance, actuaries, and every risk score the government uses today. Including the ones that decide whether a mother gets her kids back. So I built one fo…
Nov 8th-Cappuccino, Montana, Edmond Halley, Bonnie Raitt, Patti Page, 1st Bug Zapper, Tara Reid
National cappuccino day. Entertainment from 2025. Montana became 41st state, 1st US college for women, Electric bug zapper invented. Todays birthdays - Edmond Halley, Margaret Mitchell, Ester Rolle, Patti Page, Bonnie Raitt, Mary Hart, Rickie Lee Jones, Leif Garrett, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Parker P…
PODCAST SEARCH ENGINE
You can use our website to search 3,835,395 podcasts and 197,423,779 episodes by people, places, or topics.
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest, so I listen to podcasts.
‐ Benjamin "Llamacorn" Franklin
EDIT
Thank you for helping to keep the podcast database up to date.
