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From Earth spinning on its axis and orbiting the Sun to it precessing like a top, lots of factors affect which stars you can see in the sky.
Historically, what made eclipses politically dangerous was the speculation often attached to them.
Just as earlier generations might have turned to prayer or ritual, many people today are turning to the stars.
If you’re like most people, you’ve never heard of it. Meet the ringed asteroid-comet hybrid prowling the outer reaches of the Solar System.
Divinatory practices like tarot card readings are on the rise. What may seem like harmless fun can also serve as a serious response to a chaotic world.
Anthropologists and historians study divination because it sheds light on the fears and anxieties of particular cultures, many of which are universal.
The monument’s ancient connection to the skies may run even deeper than we realised.
The skies and the gods were inseparable in Maya culture. Astronomers kept careful track of events like eclipses in order to perform the renewal ceremonies to continue the world’s cycles of rebirth.
Habsburg emperor Rudolf II owned a spirit-summoning alchemical hand bell. We want to decipher its cryptic Greek inscriptions.
There’s nothing weird happening with Mercury. In fact, most days of the year there’s at least one planet in retrograde.
Many people think their destiny is written on the stars. It is not.
A university course teaches students why people believe false and evidence-starved claims, to show them how to determine what’s accurate and real and what’s neither.
Astrology and astronomy were once practiced side by side by scientists like Galileo and Kepler. And they’re more similar than you might think.
Fun fact: the term ‘influenza’ comes from the premodern belief stars influenced disease. Before epidemiologists, there were astrologers.
Astronomy and astrology do not agree on the dates of the zodiac constellations.
A handful of manuscripts remain which give researchers valuable insights into medieval science.
Stars begin their life inside very large, fluffy clouds of space dust and gas called nebulae.
Pursuing big, unrealistic dreams can distract from real scientific progress. It’s time for AI research to focus on restoring and expanding human control and responsibility.
The study of Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa’s deputy president and new head of its governing party, is generating a great deal of heat, and not much light.
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Research Fellow in Early Modern History, University of Oxford
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor in Cosmology and Culture, Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities and the Performing Arts, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Research Methodology, University of Essex
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Associate professor, The University of Western Australia
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Associate Professor of Instruction, University of Texas at Arlington
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Research Professor and Director of the International Institute for Accelerator Applications, University of Huddersfield
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Professor in Astrophysics, Emeritus, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Astrophysics, Macquarie University
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Research assistant, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
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Professor of Computer Science, University of Maryland
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Research Fellow, School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Urban Governance, University of the Witwatersrand