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Ancient Skies
Celestial Alignment
Astronomer Phil Plait explains how ancient civilizations used the skies to accurately align their buildings to the points of the compass.
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A cast of scientific pioneers reshape our solar system.
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Episode two charts our efforts to give the earth shape and place in the cosmos.
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Explore the earliest origins of our relationship with the skies.