Articles Tagged with stars

Numbering the stars (II)

The observable universe

One word is the difference between calculation and infinity.

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Numbering the stars (I)

Big numbers

We look at answers to an obvious question.

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Dealing with data (II)

The Law of Propagation of Bad Data

You need to go back to the source.

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Proof and re-proof

Testing the theory again

General Relativity passes another test of its predictions.  Why bother?

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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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A plausible assumption

It’s reasonable and makes sense, but it’s wrong

mapOur astronomer describes how an assumption widely made in his science in past years turned out to be completely erroneous.

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