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...Jean Giradoux had a knack for treating heavy philosophical subjects in a light way. In L'Apollo de Bellac, being performed in French at Winthrop House this weekend, it's the classical theme of beauty that's the target. As the play opens, the Greek god Apollo comes to earth with the mission of teaching a woman the secret to any man's heart: Tell him he's handsome, Apollo says; no matter how ugly, any man will believe that. It takes little social consciousness to predict that this open sesamegets the woman into more trouble than she asked...
...Center's associate director for optical and infrared astronomy, says researchers will use the new telescope to make a systematic survey of quasars--the most distant, fastest-moving objects in the universe. Quasars also emit radiation at vastly higher levels than any other objects, because of their distance from earth. Only a large telescope can detect them. Quasars may provide astronomers with a window on the early history of the universe because their light takes billions of years to reach the earth. Gursky says he expects a survey of the quasars to reveal a great deal about the structure...
...warmer climates, Eddy says, raising the radiocarbon content of the rings. Another group of astronomers, working with radio telescopes designed to detect water vapor in remote parts of our own galaxy, found they could also use the radio telescope to measure the amount of water vapor in the earth's atmosphere. The method proved cheaper and more accurate than previous techniques, like taking samples with rocket probes...
...they hope to determine the distance between the stations to an accuracy of two centimeters--the distance many think Europe and North America drift apart each year. The researchers' accuracy is at about ten centimeters now. But most of the research at the Center looks much farther away from earth...
...emerged from the other side of Uranus, its light was again obstructed five times at intervals that corresponded to the first set of blackouts. From these observations the astronomers concluded that the star had passed behind at least five rings encircling Uranus. The rings -which are vertical to earth's equatorial plane and cannot be seen by terrestrial telescopes-lie in a 7,000-km.-wide (4,400-mile) belt. Four of the flattened rings are about 10 km. (6 miles) across, while the outermost one is 100 km. (60 miles) wide. What the rings consist of is uncertain...