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And then there was light: Einstein's universe is subtle, but no longer beyond the reach of ordinary common sense
We live in Einstein's universe. So what else is new? We live in Einstein's universe. So what else is new? That Albert Einstein changed your...
Natural History, 11/01/02 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
The new black: what happens to science when facts meet fashion?
Forget about your parachute. What color is your universe? Forget about your parachute. What color is your universe? Turquoise, it turned out....
Natural History, 05/01/02 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
The producers: now playing: the original stars in nature's longest-running hit
And now it's springtime for galaxies and nebulae! And now it's springtime for galaxies and nebulae! No, this isn't just one more gratuitous...
Natural History, 04/01/02 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
Rhymes with June and Spoon: how well do you really know the moon?
There's a moon in the sky / It's called the moon." These lyrics from a late 1970s song by the B-52s might have been deliberately dopey, but they...
Natural History, 03/01/02 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
What has been will be again: newly forming stars and planets bejewel Orion's sword
It might be true that there's nothing new under the Sun, but what about under the suns, the hundred billion other stars throughout the Milky Way?...
Natural History, 02/01/02 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
Where the action is: if you don't like the weather on Jupiter, just wait
Let's face it, the night sky doesn't do much. Sure, the stars appear to execute one rotation on the celestial sphere every twenty-three hours and...
Natural History, 12/01/01 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
Outta sight: once in a while, Jupiter's moons take a walk
If Galileo had first looked at Jupiter through a spyglass powerful enough to discern the planet s moons a few evenings earlier or later than...
Natural History, 11/01/01 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
Seeing Doubles
Observe the stars one by one, two by two, four by four ... Observe the stars one by one, two by two, four by four ... At some time or other,...
Natural History, 10/01/01 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
Milky Way Mystery
What you see depends on how you see it. What you see depends on how you see it. We know what that whitish blur across the night sky is: Milky...
Natural History, 09/01/01 by Richard Panek · More from publication -
Blue Light Specials
Uranus and Neptune are ready for their close-ups--again. Uranus and Neptune are ready for their close-ups--again. In January 1986, Voyager 2...
Natural History, 07/01/01 by Richard Panek · More from publication
