Jovial company: Our largest planetary neighbor pays a close visit
Jupiter came closest to Earth last weekend, and will dominate the sky all this month. As a bonus, it ascends
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A weird meteor shower this Friday and Saturday
This won’t be a great meteor year, since a Full Moon will blow out the beloved summer Perseids. But right
New insights into the Star of Bethlehem
Like many astronomers, I’ve always been intrigued by the Star of Bethlehem. It’s the best-known star. People who cannot name
Obituary: Richard C. Wilhelm
Richard C. Wilhelm, prize-winning television technician, foreign war veteran, fireman, local businessman, railroad enthusiast, beloved spouse and devoted Woodstocker of over
Death of a comet: ISON fails to live up to its hype
Comet ISON was virtually demolished by its Thanksgiving passage just above the Sun’s surface. Somehow, a few dusty remnants of
Showtime for Comet ISON
I’ve just returned from three weeks in Chile leading a group of 87 astronomy enthusiasts, searching for the comet. We
Philharmonic performs Holst’s The Planets with NASA backdrop at the Bardavon
Gustav Holst complained late in life that the fame his orchestral suite The Planets, like some kind of musical kudzu,
Celestial gratitude
I have a prized handwritten, original letter from Aldous Huxley, in which he mentions that “Gratitude is heaven itself.” There’s
Lives of the Painters: Pele the conqueror
Part II (In last week’s Part I, a 15 year old San Franciscan Pele deLappe found herself in Woodstock in
Pele the conqueror!
Part I During much of the last century it wasn’t so rare a thing for an extraordinary talent to pass