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Heavenly vistas

30 Oct 2019 Tushna Commissariat
Taken from the October 2019 issue of Physics World.
Painting of a comet
Record-keeping Unidentified artist, comet reported in 1527, folio iii from the Augsburg Book of Miracles (Augsburger Wunderzeichenbuch), c.1550, watercolour, gouache and black ink on paper. (George Abrams Collection – photo courtesy George Abrams Collection)
Humankind has been entranced by the sky for as long as we have walked this Earth. The celestial thea

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