Browse Items (94 total)
- Tags: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy: $20 Telescope Makes Good
'Astronomy: $20 Telescope Makes Good', TIME magazine
Astronomy: Splendor in the Night
'Astronomy: Splendor in the Night', TIME magazine
Astronomer Maarten Schmidt
'Astronomer Maarten Schmidt', TIME magazine
Halley's Comet
'Halley's Comet', TIME magazine
The accelerating expansion of the universe
'The accelerating expansion of the universe', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2004; 2004-10-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Physics; Updike, John
A comet�s tale
'A comet�s tale', Harpers
Tags: 2000s; 2003; 2003-2-1; Apocalyptic literature; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Bissell, Tom; Collisions with Earth; Comets; End of the world (Astronomy); Near-earth asteroids; Physics
Observing the observer
'Observing the observer', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1988; 1988-4-1; Agee, Joel; Astronomy and Astrophysics; D�rrenmatt, Friedrich; Physics
Bring on the night. The stellar ambitions of the new astronomers
'Bring on the night. The stellar ambitions of the new astronomers', Harpers
Tags: 1980s; 1987; 1987-1-1; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Book reviews; Chet Raymo; George Greenstein; Marschall, Laurence A.; Physics; Popular works
The universe as an ocean of thought
'The universe as an ocean of thought', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1975; 1975-7-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Ferris, Timothy; Interstellar communication; Life on other planets; Physics
Superspace
'Superspace', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1974; 1974-7-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Physics; Space and time; Wheeler, John Archibald
Where does it all end? The debate about the edge of the universe
'Where does it all end? The debate about the edge of the universe', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1974; 1974-6-1; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Big bang theory; Cosmology; Expanding universe; Ferris, Timothy; History; Physics; Quasars
Reedy�s galaxy
'Reedy�s galaxy', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1974; 1974-6-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Physics; Rutsala, Vern
A clue to the primordial cloud
'A clue to the primordial cloud', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1974; 1974-1-1; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Comets; Ewing, Ann; Kohoutek comet; Origin; Physics; Sartwell, Frank; Solar system; United States
Comet-watching
'Comet-watching', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1974; 1974-1-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Ewing, Ann; Kohoutek comet; Physics; Sartwell, Frank
Red moonset
'Red moonset', Harpers
Tags: 1970s; 1971; 1971-1-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Moon; Physics; Poetry; Swenson, May
Over the edge of the universe
'Over the edge of the universe', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1967; 1967-3-1; Asimov, Isaac; Astronomers; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Beginning; Big bang theory; Cosmogony; Galaxies; History; Physics; Radio waves
See The Moon?
'See The Moon?', The New Yorker
Tags: 1960s; 1966; 1966-3-12; Anxiety; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Barthelme, Donald; Melancholy; Memory; Moon; Physics
Venus observed
'Venus observed', Harpers
Tags: 18th century; 1960s; 1966; 1966-3-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; English; Explorers; First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners; French Polynesia; History; James Cook; Moorehead, Alan; Physics; Social life and customs; Tahiti; Tahiti (French Polynesia)
How to talk to people, if any, on other planets
'How to talk to people, if any, on other planets', Harpers
Tags: 1960s; 1961; 1961-3-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Interstellar communication; Lapp, Ralph Eugene; Physics; Radio telescopes; Rockets (Aeronautics); Space and time; United States
The day the sun stood still
'The day the sun stood still', Harpers
Tags: 1950; 1950-1-1; 1950s; Ancient; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Bible; History; History of Biblical events; Immanuel Velikovsky; Larrabee, Eric; Physics; Planets
Solar song
'Solar song', Harpers
Tags: 1940s; 1942; 1942-8-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Catheron, Lorraine; Physics
When Mars was near the earth
'When Mars was near the earth', Harpers
Tags: 1940; 1940-2-1; 1940s; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Lee, Lawrence; Physics
Think of the stars
'Think of the stars', Harpers
Tags: 1930s; 1931; 1931-10-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Physics; Ross, Virgilia Peterson
Building the 200-inch telescope
'Building the 200-inch telescope', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1929; 1929-11-1; Astronomical instruments; Astronomical observatories; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Design and construction; Hale, George Ellery; Mount Wilson Observatory (Calif.); Physics; Telescopes; United States
The exploration of space
'The exploration of space', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1929; 1929-5-1; Astronomical instruments; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; History; Hubble, Edwin Powell; Nebulae; Parallax; Physics; Stars; Telescopes; United States
The possibilities of large telescopes
'The possibilities of large telescopes', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1928; 1928-4-1; Astronomers; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Hale, George Ellery; History; Physics; Telescope makers; Telescopes
The last judgement (with acknowledgments to J.B.S. Haldane)
'The last judgement (with acknowledgments to J.B.S. Haldane)', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1927; 1927-5-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Davis, Elmer Holmes; End of the world (Astronomy); Forecasting; Humor; Physics; Razors; Space colonies
The red moon of Meru
'The red moon of Meru', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1927; 1927-3-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith); Physics
The last judgement
'The last judgement', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1927; 1927-3-1; Astronomy and Astrophysics; End of the world (Astronomy); Forecasting; Haldane, J. B. S. (John Burdon Sanderson); Moon; Physics; Space colonies
The candle of astronomy
'The candle of astronomy', Harpers
Tags: 1920s; 1926; 1926-2-1; Astronomy; Astronomy and Astrophysics; Cosmography; History; Milky Way; Physics; Research; United States; Ward, C. H. (Charles Henshaw)