stackyFACTSWhile everyone else was presumably panicking over a terrifying new light in the sky, Chinese observers in 1054 simply did their jobs. They casually logged a 'guest star' visible during the day for nearly a month, treating a cataclysmic cosmic explosion with absolute administrative calm.
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