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Ancient Skies

Shattering the Spheres

Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe's observations of the Great Comet of 1577 overturn 1,500 years of scientific belief when he uses them to prove that planets do not orbit inside concentric crystalline spheres.

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Our Place in the Universe
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A cast of scientific pioneers reshape our solar system.
Finding the Center
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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.
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