Astronews – June 2005
Watch 3 Planets after Sunset this weekend! Be sure to look up tonight and the next few nights!Check out the western horizon just after sunset. The grouping of Venus, Saturn, and Mercury low in the west-northwest should not to be missed!Venus, the brightest of the...Astronews – May 2005
Wormholes Don’t Work Like in the Movies For time travellers, the future (or the past?) is looking bleak. Hypothetical tunnels called wormholes were once the best bet for constructing a real time machine. These cosmic shortcuts, which link one point in the...
Astronews – March 2005
Space Myths and Misconceptions James Oberg has an interesting article on crazy ideas about space flight. Here’s a few choice excerpts: No-gravity myth #1: One terrifying but dying myth is that satellites with nuclear weapons or spy cameras can hover over...
Astronews – February 2005
Einstein@Home – Search For Gravitational Waves You may have already tried out SETI@home. Now Einstein@Home will let anyone with a PC contribute to cutting edge astrophysics research!Einstein@Home is a flagship program of the World Year of Physics 2005...