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    360° scene from Kepler's Harmonic Revelation585 BC – 1919 AD

    From terrifying omens and desperate ruses to paradigm-shifting discoveries, these ten moments were driven by celestial phenomena in the skies above.

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    1. Round 1 · 1618 AD

      Tricky

      Kepler's Harmonic Revelation

      Working in a provincial Austrian city, mathematician Johannes Kepler finally realized the square of a planet's orbital period is proportional to the cube of its semi-major axis, publishing his Third Law of Planetary Motion.

    2. Round 2 · 1919 AD

      Tricky

      Proof in the Shadow

      British astronomers set up specialized telescopes in a town square during a total solar eclipse, successfully capturing the bending of starlight around the sun to prove Albert Einstein's radical new theory of general relativity.

    3. Round 3 · 1054 AD

      Expert

      Painting the Dead Star

      As the spectacular Crab Nebula supernova burned brightly enough to be seen in the daytime sky, Ancestral Puebloan stargazers painted a lasting pictograph of the brilliant new star alongside a crescent moon.

    4. Round 4 · 1806 AD

      Expert

      The Prophet Blots the Sun

      Challenged by a skeptical American governor to perform a miracle, Shawnee leader Tenskwatawa accurately predicted a total solar eclipse, cementing his status as a prophet and uniting Native tribes in a powerful confederacy.

    5. Round 5 · 585 BC

      Legendary

      The Battle of the Eclipse

      After five grueling years of war between the Lydians and the Medes, a sudden total solar eclipse turned day to night, terrifying both armies into laying down their weapons and immediately negotiating peace.

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