Preface -- Introduction : perspectives and worldviews -- Time and space--an overview -- Migrations and beginnings ; Geography and environment ; Cultures and languages -- Origin stories -- Stories and ...

This article explores how our understanding of the universe has evolved—from the scale of everyday experience down to the ...

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Introduction: talent and opportunity -- Galileo: seeing and believing -- Isaac Newton: rationalising the universe -- William Herschel: surveying the heavens -- William Huggins: celestial chemical ...

As we look up to mesmerizing views of the Milky Way Galaxy from dark sky areas in the Berkshires and its environs, our appreciation is enhanced by seeing our home galaxy from an astronaut’s ...

Ancient Greeks saw Earth as the universe’s center, but Einstein shattered this view with relativity, replacing absolute space ...

In an extraordinary event that captured the attention of astronomers and space enthusiasts alike, interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Mars on October 3, 2025. This unique cosmic ...

Chad Hanna receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Scientists first detected ripples in space known as gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes in September 2015. This ...

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In an era of increasing fascination with extraterrestrial life, the recent claims surrounding Comet 3I/Atlas have sparked both excitement and skepticism. Avi Loeb, a Harvard astronomer, proposed that ...

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