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In 1920, astronomers Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis held a Great Debate. Shapley argued that the spiral nebulae were small and in the Milky Way, while Curtis took a more radical position that they ...

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March is the Time for Galaxy Quest Every year, March signals the time for astronomers and astro-photographers to bring out their big scopes and start viewing the seemingly endless array of galaxies ...

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Lying on the beach in Antigua, I stared up into the night sky, dazzled by the stars. A normal person would just sit back and enjoy the show; but I'm not normal, so I took out my two phones, the iPhone ...