heavens
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The work suggests Dante recognized meteors as real geological forces at a time when Aristotelian beliefs still portrayed the heavens as perfect and unchanging.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
He then fell to his knees, crossed himself and looked to the heavens.
From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026
Thank heavens, it was too soon to say goodbye.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026
Outside a Milan hospital, Umberto Marcucci told reporters he was "thanking the heavens" that his son Manfredi -- one of four Italians being treated at the hospital -- made it out alive.
From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026
He begins his great work by running through a set of conventional arguments drawn from Sacrobosco: the heavens are spherical; the earth is spherical; the waters are spherical.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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