Tag: Moon
The Empty Heavens — Two Ways to Look at It
Adam Kirsch over the weekend had a thoughtful essay in the Wall Street Journal, meditating on the coming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.
Perfect Eclipses: Coincidence or Conspiracy?
Today we celebrate the hundredth anniversary of the solar eclipse that, on May 29, 1919, physicist Arthur Eddington observed, seeking to test the General Theory of Relativity.
Gonzalez: “Worlds Like This Are Hard to Come By”
How special the Earth is has become ever more apparent, in ways that allow life to flourish, but more than that.
On the 15th Anniversary of The Privileged Planet: An Update
The basic thesis of TPP is that the best places for intelligent observers are also the best places for observing.
“No Astronomical Investigations of Importance” in the Middle Ages? Not True!
Michael Keas offers an important corrective to falsehoods that students are still learning at this very moment.