Uncategorized

  1. Astronomy

    Beyond Galileo’s universe

    Astronomers grapple with cosmic puzzles both dark and light

    By Ron Cowen

  2. Enjoy the indelible experience of emulating Galileo

    I was tickled when Rick Fienberg, then editor of Sky & Telescope magazine, stood up at a special session at the August 2006 meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Prague, grabbed the microphone and proclaimed that every person on Earth should look at the night sky through a telescope in 2009, as Galileo did […]

    By David H. DeVorkin

  3. Book Review: The Day We Found the Universe by Marcia Bartusiak

    Review by Elizabeth Quill.

    By Science News

  4. The Crowded Universe: The Search for Living Planets by Alan Boss

    A renowned astronomer details, by day, the history of planet hunting, and argues that alien life is common and will soon be found.