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In a monastery library on the Sinai Peninsula, a devotional handbook by the monk John Climacus sat quietly for centuries while a far older scientific treasure hid beneath its ink. Medieval scribes had ...

We are losing the stars. Not all at once, but quietly, one streetlight, one neon sign, one expanding suburb at a time. For most of human history, the night sky has been a shared inheritance, a source ...

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A rare astronomical event will take place Saturday as a super new moon moves across the sky. Although this phenomenon brings the moon closer to Earth, don’t expect to see it in Texas — this phase ...

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