Sky Event · 1572

The Star That Shouldn't Have Existed (1572)

There is a new star in the sky tonight, brighter than every planet you have ever seen. It's the autumn of 1572, and across Europe, people are stepping outside to stare at something that shouldn't exist. In Denmark, a young man named Tycho Brahe walks home in the dark.

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