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Blog August 2003 Archive

From Nick Greene, for About.com

From Genius to Heretic and Back Again

Thursday August 14, 2003
The son of a famous musician and music theorist, Galileo Galileo was born near Pisa, Italy. He was educated by monks at Vallombrosa, then entered the university of Pisa in Read More...

Canada's Newest Satellite Calls Home

Thursday August 14, 2003
According to CBC News, Canadian scientists activated SCISAT-1, yesterday, beginning the study of the distribution of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere. So far, the mission is right on track.

Dark Future For Universe

Thursday August 14, 2003
BBC NEWS reports that "Astronomers have confirmed by a new method one of the saddest stories of the Universe - one day the stars in the sky will all stop Read More...

A Space Museum On The Plains

Thursday August 14, 2003
CNN.com tells about the hundreds of items at the Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center. "A moon rock. The only Soviet Vostok spacecraft in the Western world. The Apollo 13 command Read More...

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