PRAGUE (AP) — Ever since Tycho Brahe suddenly died in 1601, there has been a mystery about whether the Dane whose celestial observations laid the groundwork for modern astronomy fell victim to natural causes or was murdered. [...] scientists who took samples from Brahe's tomb in 2010 in a Prague church where he was buried said Thursday that "mercury concentrations were not sufficiently high" to cause the death.
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