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How to capture the violent tumult of our roiling universe, moment by moment

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imageAll is not calm in the cosmos.ESA/Hubble and NASA, CC BY

The hustle and bustle of daily life is a stark contrast to the tranquility of the night sky.

The stars are the same, year after year. So much so that many of the very names we use for the stars and constellations are thousands of years old. Ancient Greek and Arabic astronomers had almost...

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