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Astronomers have discovered a new class of exoplanet that defies traditional categories of planetary classification. In a groundbreaking study published in Nature Astronomy, researchers led by the ...

pt. I. Ancient astronomy, from its origins to the end of the Middle Ages. The origins of astronomy -- Primitive astronomy in China, Chaldea and Egypt -- The cosmology of primitive peoples -- The ...