Astronomy 101: First Assignment for Columbia Course Turns Its Telescope to the ‘Genocide’ Unfolding in Gaza 

‘I was completely thrown for a loop. I thought I was hallucinating for a second,’ a Jewish student enrolled in the class tells the Sun.

NASA via Wikimedia Commons
Part of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. NASA via Wikimedia Commons

Before astronomy students at Columbia University can learn about  about the sun, moon, and stars, they’ll have to take a refresher on … the “genocide” at Gaza?

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