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Landscapes of Creation

Landscapes of Creation

Anthony Aveni— Where did it all come from? What are we doing here? What will happen to us?  There’s Genesis—a creation story (actually, an amalgam of stories) told in the… READ MORE

How I Got My Asteroid

How I Got My Asteroid

Martin Elvis— Changing your line of work late in your career is a refreshing thing to do. I worked for decades helping to decipher the mysteries of how giant black… READ MORE

Slow Motion

Slow Motion

Barry Perlus— Those in the Northern Hemisphere who have recently stepped outside just after nightfall to view Comet Neowise know that the window of time in which to view this… READ MORE

Myth vs. Truth: Science and Stories

Myth vs. Truth: Science and Stories

Anthony Aveni— Trained as an astronomer but now spending most of my time writing about skywatchers in indigenous cultures, I’ve come to think that individuals trained in science tend to… READ MORE

The Enigma of Gravitational Energy

The Enigma of Gravitational Energy

Marcia Bartusiak— To the practiced eye, Einstein’s equations stand as the quintessence of mathematical beauty. When it was introduced in 1915, general relativity was hailed as a momentous conceptual achievement…. READ MORE

Eclipses and the Lessons of History

Eclipses and the Lessons of History

Anthony Aveni— “Celestial source of life and light on earth! What envious rival intercepts thy rays? Dares thy own satellite intercepts thy blaze, Or stay thy stream of empyrean birth?…”… READ MORE

Finding Solace in the Cosmos

Finding Solace in the Cosmos

David Bercovici— I was born in 1960, and by the time I decided I wanted to be a scientist at the young age of 12, the Vietnam War had been… READ MORE

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