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The human quest for knowledge, particularly about our place in the universe, is a defining characteristic, with looking up at the night sky sparking wonder since antiquity []. For ancient civilizations like the Mesopotamians, this led to the birth of astronomy, initially intertwined with mysticism and mythology as early attempts to answer grand questions about origins and scale []. These early mythologies, while lacking scientific rigor, represented the first large-scale gathering of empirical data, as people meticulously charted celestial movements and became adept at prediction [].
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The human quest for knowledge, particularly about our place in the universe, is a defining characteristic, with looking up at the night sky sparking wonder since antiquity []. For ancient civilizations like the Mesopotamians, this led to the birth of astronomy, initially intertwined with mysticism and mythology as early attempts to answer grand questions about origins and scale []. These early mythologies, while lacking scientific rigor, represented the first large-scale gathering of empirical data, as people meticulously charted celestial movements and became adept at prediction [].