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What We Lose When We Don't Look At The Night Sky

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Thursday, February 11, 2016, 4:15pm
By Rob Ferrett

Humans once had a close familiarity, even a friendship, with the stars.   An astronomy expert says we've lost that connection with the night sky--and a piece of ourselves along with it.

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