For a very long time, we humans knew about only one planet, which is ours. The universe, for us, consisted basically of the Sun, the Earth and the Moon. Nobody had much of a clue about any of them, so they generally made up a lot of stuff. About 2000 BCE, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn […]
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Article #29: Shooting Stars
While sitting in my back yard last night, I saw a shooting star, and my bride suggested it might be a good subject for a column. As always, I agree with my wife, so let’s have at it. This subject goes along pretty nicely with the recent columns about the moon, and even has a […]