People have always been fascinated by the glimmer and shine of the stars of the heavens. However, the ‘heavens’ turned out to be much different than what ancient astronomers believed it was. Let’s dive deep into the evolution of skywatching!

“The purpose of life is the investigation of the Sun, the Moon, and the heavens”

-Anaxagoras

Stars. The mega furnaces that brewed up life and planets. Trillions and trillions of stars lay among the unexplored lengths of the universe. That’s what we know, after centuries of stargazing and theoretical predictions by the brightest of physicists. Trillions might be a huge number, but that wasn’t the ancient astronomers worry. All they could see were a few hundreds that varied depending upon the time of the year. Well, in fact, stars gave us the years afterall. So let’s say the stars just cycled through time. These astronomers however, pushed by the curiosity of what lies in the heavens, did a pretty great job of mapping the sky. Although the assumptions made by them have been proved wrong, drops make oceans. It was quite a good start.

Stay tuned for the next parts. Hope you enjoyed it!

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