Articles Tagged with astronomy

Libraries and long walks

An unnecessary problem

Scientists sometimes set themselves problems just to learn.

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A village in space

Interstellar genetics

A recent paper contemplates a very long voyage.

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A cup of suns

The fixed stars, part III

Seeing the forest instead of the trees

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Saving the phenomena

Fixed stars, part II

The Middle Ages were a hotbed of astronomical controversy in Europe.

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A near miss

Fixed stars, part I

A star is coming very close to the Sun very soon, as distance and time go in astronomy.

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The discard pile

It didn’t work out

What is the use of scientific theories that aren’t right?

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Hawking radiation – II

Black holes to the rescue

We contine with an explanation of why Stephen Hawking is famous among physicists.

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Hawking radiation – I

The fame of a physicist

Prof. Stephen Hawking, the famous physicist, died this month.  But why was he famous?

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The rabbit in the Moon

Habits of seeing

What do you see when you look at the Moon?

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How it’s done

Telescopes and databases

Astronomy changes.  So do the kind of people who become astronomers.

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