Anthony L. Peratt

Birkeland and the Electromagnetic CosmologyAnthony L. Peratt, Los Alamos National LaboratoryThe history of science is every where replete with controversies, per sonal prejudices, and fierce animosities be tween camps holding conflicting theoretical views. In astrophysics, the iconoclastic efforts...

Color Photography from Mauna KeaLaird A. Thompson and Michael Pierce, Institute for Astronomy, University of HawaiiMauna kea observatory, located atop a 13,700-foot mountain on the largest of the Hawaiian Islands, is one of the best observing sites in the world. A large fraction of the nights are...

May's Eclipse: Flirting with TotalityAt Atlanta, Georgia, fourth- and fifth-grade students safely watch "The Big Eclipse" through Mylar-filtered windows cut in cardboard boxes. Photograph by Billy G. Downs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.LETS CONSIDER the basics: When/ the Moon passes directly...