Prime position
Jul 10, 2019
2 minutes
by David Ellyard
Astronomy is sometimes thought as a study without any practical use. How can observing celestial objects, at distances from Earth so vast we cannot conceive them, assist human well-being and happiness?
We can argue, of course, that that astronomy has given us an understanding of our place in the cosmos, in itself an immense stimulus to the human imagination and spirit. But we can go further. Until
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