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Why Astronomy is Considered the Oldest Science

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Gobekli Tepe: The World’s First Astronomical Observatory?

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Nabta Playa: The World's First Astronomical Site Was Built in Africa and Is Older Than Stonehenge

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COVID-19 Forces Earth's Largest Telescopes to Close. But a Few Isolated Astronomers Are Still Watching Over the Cosmos

Space is so vast that every location exist at a different "now" from our point of view. Light from objects at left takes minutes to reach us; for objects at right, light takes years to arrive. (Credit: Charles Carter/Keck Institute for Space Studies)

How Soon is Now? (The Astronomical Mix)

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How the 1919 Solar Eclipse Made Einstein the World's Most Famous Scientist

Plug Plate - Zubakc/Discover

A Heavenly Disk To Map The Universe

Reionization Galaxy - James Josephides

Early Galaxies Shone Brighter and Hotter than Expected

The Event Horizon Telescope: How It Works

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Scientists Injected Nanoparticles Into Mice's Eyes to Give Them Infrared Vision

SNAPSHOT: Hubble Takes Second-most Detailed Image Ever

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Why China's Artificial Moon Probably Won't Work

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