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We could not yet be sure about where we were in the sole oar system. we didn't know how far apart the planets were from each other, how far we were from the sun. in 1716 in edmond haley's lifetime, that part of earth was very much a mystery. here's what he figured out, the planet venus, second from the sun, a nearly twin planet to earth, every so often the orbit of venus and the orbit of us line up in such a way that we can actually see venus between us and the sun. we're third from the sun, venus is second from the sun, and we can see it once in a really, really rare while as it scoots betwee...

I'm going go with hailey's comet. if you're old enough to remember your mom and dad hauling you out of bed so you could squint at haley's comet in your pajamas or if you just read about it in science glass, you have heard of edmond haley, a scientist, who let people know that people weren't seeing different comets. they were eing the same comet as it came around again and again on a schedule. that he figured out, the comet orbit, where it was in space and when it would come around again. that is the idea that edmond haley became famous for. but he had bigger ideas even than that. way bo way ba...

A british astronomer who figured out that they had seen a comet, but they were not people seeing different comets. people were seeing the same comet as it came around again and again on a regular schedule. that he figured out. he figured out the comet's orbit, where it was in space and when it would come around again. that is the idea edmond halle became famous for. but way back in 1716, same dude, realized that human beings were about to get an amazing chance, an amazing chance to figure out where we are in space. we knew already that we were on a planet and that our little planet went around...

her deathbed, he starred to plus -- a band keeps a think, you know, she was once a little girl and somebody did promise after this horrible something to her to make her stage collapse. tonight, their tribute this way. and he was forgiving to her in a performance. way at the end. and funny man darrell hammond and so like i said, he just thinks maybe something happened to her when she was a kid. gets serious. >> beating, being electrocuted. >> there's never any excuse for abuse. only she would know why she did >> how childhood abuse and his personal demons led him to the it. was ther...

plus, a band keeps a promise after this horrible stage collapse, and tonight their tribute performance. and funny man darrell hammond gets serious. >> stabbing, beating, electrocuting. >> and how his past led him to the mental ward all while taping "saturday night live." it is all right here on cnn. thank you for joining us. i'm don lemon in in "cnn newsroom." right now protest occupiers in denver, colorado, face to face with the riot police. police say they use non-lethal agents including mace and pepper balls when the protesters tried to enter the state capitol. this affiliate is...