585 BC – 1919 ADFrom 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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Round 1 · 1618 AD
TrickyKepler'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.
Round 2 · 1919 AD
TrickyProof 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.
Round 3 · 1054 AD
ExpertPainting 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.
Round 4 · 1806 AD
ExpertThe 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.
Round 5 · 585 BC
LegendaryThe 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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