Paul Hodge

PrefaceThis is a book about the planets and their moons, disguised as a guidebook. It takes you to each planet (and to some really interesting satellites) by describing a possible adventure involving certain spectacular planetary features. Each adventure is hypothetically possible, though none is...

focal pointA Refuge for Radio AstronomyThe march s, 1987, issue of Nature reported the detection of unexpectedly intense radio emission from methanol (methyl alcohol) molecules in star-forming interstellar clouds. Once astronomers calculate the conditions that must exist to give rise to such strong...