the heavens
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The work suggests Dante recognized meteors as real geological forces at a time when Aristotelian beliefs still portrayed the heavens as perfect and unchanging.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
Outside a Milan hospital, Umberto Marcucci told reporters he was "thanking the heavens" that his son Manfredi -- one of four Italians being treated at the hospital -- made it out alive.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
Or if it’s almost like the heavens speaking down on Ann?”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2025
Stories of a magical empire, a rift in the heavens, a plan to colonize Mars and more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
The problem for Kepler was that circles, eccentrics and epicycles were geometrical constructions; there was no evidence that any such gearing existed in the heavens.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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