The History & Future of Mars Exploration
From its beginnings in ancient astrology to the advent of astronomy, from science fiction to science fact, learn the amazing, if not sometimes fanciful, history of man’s quest for the Red Planet. Authored by Dr. Giancarlo Genta, leader of the IAA Study Group on Human Mars Exploration, this special edition...
The New Popular Astronomy !
Click Here to Read on Issuu (with Download) Click Here to Read on Kindle In this landmark issue: · Dava Sobel’s original new essay inspired by her best-selling book, “The Glass Universe.” · Dr. Michael Summers on exoplanets and “Diamond Worlds.” · Dr. Jeffrey Bennett brings a cosmic perspective to the study...
A Cosmic Coincidence: The Great American Eclipse—August 21, 2017
It’s possible that no one has been thinking about the upcoming eclipse more than Andrew Fraknoi. The longtime professor of astronomy and former Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, has made a career of sharing his passion for the field, and sees the coming eclipse as an...
Archaeology Discovery offers Clues about how Peruvians Celebrated Eclipses
Dr. Robert Benfer, a professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Missouri-Columbia, would like to be winding down his research programs, but unexpected and remarkable discoveries keep him actively engaged with numerous archaeological investigations, the most recent of which has led him headlong into the field of archaeoastronomy. Benfer,...
Quest for Fleeting Radio Frequency Bursts from beyond Our Galaxy
The field of radio astronomy owes a great debt to the famously failed Michelson–Morley experiment, which set out in 1887 to characterize the effects of mysterious luminiferous “aether wind” on the speed of light. One of science’s more fruitful failures, it tilled the ground for Einstein’s special theory of relativity....
