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Oct 2024
48m 56s

Astronomy for Young Folks, by Isabel Mar...

SHARON HANDY
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Let’s fall asleep with a new reading from this wonderful look into our universe. This time, we contemplate the phases of the moon, the life and death of the stars, and our position in this vast and whirling universe. The stuff of starry visions indeed!

 

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