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An unsuspecting radio listener (say, on Mars) who happened to tune in on the Earth last week would have been struck by a peculiar hissing sound. It was a form of static caused by the word "peace" being fervently repeated by millions from Minsk to Minneapolis. Contrary to what the...
The planets, for instance, revolve in the same direction and in almost the same plane. The four inner ones (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars) are smaller and denser than the outer ones (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune). Perhaps the most remarkable peculiarity is that the outer planets possess almost all the "angular...
¶ In Le Mars, Iowa, Western Union College got tired of the stale jokes, vexing confusions and crossed wires, after 48 years changed its name to Westmar College.
Most of the 1,600-odd known asteroids (small-fry planets) revolve in orderly orbits between the paths of Mars and Jupiter. But last week an asteroid was off its reservation and rapidly approaching the orbit of the earth. Astronomer C.A. Wirtanen of Lick Observatory, Calif., who spotted it, figured...
Canals & Superscientists? That was about as far as Dr. Kuiper went. He did not speculate about a race of lichen eaters. He took no direct photographs, and did not see the famous Martian "canals" that astronomers (and Sunday supplement readers) argue about. The canals may get their test in a...