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Recommended: The Elements of Astronomy
The Elements of Astronomy by Simon Newcomb appears to be a good introductory book to astronomy. You can see chapter 2 of the book at the Website of the physics department of CSBSJU or you can download...
View ArticleThe Moon!
Robert Roy Britt, over at Space.com, says in Saturday Night Special: If skies are clear Saturday, go out at sunset and look for the giant moon rising in the east. It will be the biggest and brightest...
View ArticleFor Stargazers
In “Unusual Green Comet Set to Pass Earth,” the AP’s Seth Borenstein says: WASHINGTON (Feb. 18) – An odd, greenish backward-flying comet is zipping by Earth this month, as it takes its only trip toward...
View ArticleCelestial Happenings
In “Cosmic Coincidence,” Spaceweather.com says in a newsletter alert (as forwarded to me by a stargazer): COSMIC COINCIDENCE: What are the odds? On Tuesday, Feb. 24th, Saturn and Comet Lulin will...
View ArticleLife in Space
In “Building block of life found on comet” (Tue Aug 18, 2009, 9:37am EDT), Steve Gorman writes: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The amino acid glycine, a fundamental building block of proteins, has been found...
View ArticleMore Against “Man-made Global Warming”
In “CERN: ‘Climate models will need to be substantially revised’, ” Andrew Orlowski (Science, 25th August 2011 10:42 GMT) writes: CERN’s 8,000 scientists may not be able to find the hypothetical Higgs...
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