Is the Nebra Sky Disk the Oldest Star Chart?

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Is the Nebra Sky Disk the Oldest Star Chart?

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Oct 19, 2020

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A bronze disk found near Nebra, Germany may be the oldest know scientific depiction of the night sky -- or it may be a thousand years younger than that. Learn the story of this mysterious disk in today's episode of BrainStuff.
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Is the Nebra Sky Disk the Oldest Star Chart?

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