WITH astonishing versatility the Rev. Dr. M. W Davidson turns from philosophy to give us this little volume on general astronomy. The reader who has no previous acquaintance with the subject can ...

Imagine you're going down a long waterslide. You've been traveling through it enjoying every moment despite occasional bumps on the way. You know the end will eventually come, but you don't know when, ...

Angular measure in astronomy confuses beginners because small angles use the same symbols as feet and inches. When astronomers describe the apparent size of a celestial object, 1′ describes an angle ...

While studying classical novae using the National Radio Astronomy Observatory's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA), a graduate researcher uncovered evidence showing that the objects may have been ...