This piece is part of the DrexelNow series showcasing "A Day in the Class" for some of Drexel University's most interesting and impactful courses. Students in “PHYS 131 — Survey of the Universe” are ...

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THE contents of this book are very different from what the title led us to expect. We have failed to discover in what sense it can be regarded as an introductory work, unless it be an introduction to ...

All of this might strike you as strange. Mother Nature tells you to do something that makes you miserable. And the more ...

Caroline Herschel, the first English professional female astronomer, made contributions to astronomy that are still important to the field today. But even many astronomers may not recognize her name.

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STUDENTS of astronomy will find in Prof. Moulton's volume an excellent text-book which, by its lucidity and wealth of detail, will enable them to obtain a fairly thorough grasp of their subject.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. This map of the solar system from 1849 may look a little different from what you re used to! The planets Neptune and ...

OK, over the past eight episodes of Crash Course Astronomy we’ve covered a lot of basics: What you can see, how you can see it, and how some basic forces sculpt what’s out there. So. What’s out there?