celestial
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The majestic Midtown railway nexus Grand Central Terminal has been on sightseers’ lists since it opened in 1913, with the cavernous interior celestial ceiling, a verdant astrological mural, exerting particular fascination.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
By presenting Satan's fall as a violent physical event instead of a purely spiritual allegory or optical illusion, Dante may have helped move Western thought toward the idea that celestial objects can directly reshape Earth.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
So far, Artemis II has flown human beings farther than anyone has ever traveled, doing a single lap around the moon before heading home and producing some stunning photos of celestial spheres in the process.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
The astronauts have already started seeing features of the celestial body never before viewed with a naked human eye.
From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026
He was the first person in Greece to make a sundial, a map of the known world and a celestial globe that showed the patterns of the constellations.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Vocabulary lists containing celestial
Celestial Words To Mark The Winter Solstice
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Oh, My Stars! The Language of Outer Space
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