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Every night we sleep under the biggest history book to ever exist, but rarely do we stop to look at the pages. The Reading Room is a space for you to explore the history and mythology behind the constellations that fill our night sky.

Three Times Astronomy Influenced History in the Most Chaotic Ways
Astounding Astronomy Lauren Blundell Astounding Astronomy Lauren Blundell

Three Times Astronomy Influenced History in the Most Chaotic Ways

These days, many of us look up at the night sky in quiet awe. To some, it may prompt them to wonder the meaning of life itself, while others find comfort in the endlessness of it all.

But it hasn’t always been this way.

Here’s three of the strangest and most dramatic moments when the stars kicked humanity into chaos and exponential terror.

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