the heavens
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They want to pierce the heavens and reach through the atmosphere to grasp the indescribable truth that unites us all.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
Then the heavens opened causing a long delay...
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Drawing on Martin Heidegger’s phenomenology, he defines a UFO sighting as the sort of sense impression that happens “when the heavens break down and stop working.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
It will view the heavens in the same crisp detail as Hubble, but can survey an area of sky in one year that would take Hubble 1,000 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
One of the primary purposes of the first clocks was to model the movement of the heavens, not just to tell the time.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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