Tag: Jupiter
Metals: From Stars to Cells
Tracing metals back to their ultimate origins, the processes of stellar nucleosynthesis come into focus.
To Understand the Meaning of a Solar Eclipse
The rare places where observers can exist are also the best places for observing. The universe seems to be designed not just for life but also for discovery.
The Christmas Star — A Sign of Design
Part of the difficulty with arriving at a satisfactory theory for the Star stems from a compartmentalized approach.
Proteins Are Rare and Isolated — And Thus, Cannot Evolve
Here is a simple analogy. Imagine a planetary rover lands on the north pole of a planet, and the humans controlling it wish to drive to the south pole.
Johannes Kepler on the Holy Work of Astronomy
Kepler rejected the idea that the enormous scale of the cosmos suggested that mankind is less important than in the cozier Aristotelian-Ptolemaic model.