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Galaxy clusters like Abell 2744 can act as a natural cosmic lens, magnifying light from more distant, background objects through gravity. NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be able to detect light from the first stars in the universe if they are gravitationally lensed by such clusters. (astronomy, space exploration, galaxies)

How Fast Is the Universe Expanding?

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

What's the Difference Between a Solstice and an Equinox?

Where Did the Moon Come From?

Union Jack flag of Great Britain, united kingdom

What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

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Polar bear leaping among ice floes at Spitsbergen, Svalbard archipelago, Norway, the Arctic. Sea ice climate change mammal jump global warming

All 81 References in Fall Out Boy’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

What Comes After Terabyte?

The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)

New Seven Wonders of the World

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

9 of the World’s Deadliest Spiders

German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.

Weapons of World War I

Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Francois Janinet, 1777. Color etching and engraving with gold leaf printed on two sheets, 30x13.5 in.

Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?

al-Hamdānī: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad al-Hamdānī
Born	893? • Sanaa • Yemen
Died	c.945?
Notable Works	“Al-Iklīl”
Subjects Of Study	Arabia

Jarīr

Arab poet

Ibn al-ʿArabī

Muslim mystic

al-Bīrūnī

Persian scholar and scientist

Muhammad

prophet of Islam

al-Masʿūdī

Arab historian

Ameen Rihani

Arab American author and political figure

Imruʾ al-Qays

Arab poet

al-Maʿarrī

Arab poet

al-Farazdaq

Islamic poet

al-Ḥarīrī

Islamic scholar

Iliya Abu Madi

Arab writer

Ibn al-Fāriḍ

Arab poet

al-Buḥturī

Arab author

Abū Nuwās

Persian poet

al-Nābighah al-Dhubyānī

Arab poet

Ṭarafah ibn al-ʿAbd

Arabian poet

al-Khansāʾ

Arab poet

Bahāʾ al-Dīn Zuhayr

Arab poet

Ibn Qutaybah

Muslim author

al-Akhṭal

Umayyad poet

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.

Faces of Science

4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Temple ruins of columns and statures at Karnak, Egypt (Egyptian architecture; Egyptian archaelogy; Egyptian history)

History Buff Quiz

View of the Andromeda Galaxy (Messier 31, M31).

Astronomy and Space Quiz

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.

All About Astronomy

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry

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