Articles for tag: Astronomy, Celestial events, Eclipses, Indigenous Science

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How Indigenous Cultures Predicted Eclipses and Comets Without Modern Tools

Suhail Ahmed

Long before observatories, satellites, or even telescopes, people around the world could look up at a darkening sun or a blazing comet and calmly say, in effect, “We knew this was coming.” For many Indigenous cultures, eclipses and comets were not random terrors but expected visitors, woven into careful cycles of observation and story. Today, ...