Author Archives: ST Editors

Book Review: Infinite Cosmos: Visions From the James Webb Space Telescope, by Ethan Siegel

By Richard Sherman Published 2024 Grade:  A $28.32, hardback, at Amazon.com  224 pages “Infinite Cosmos” is a large, coffee table-sized book. It is published by National Geographic, so the production quality is excellent as are the images and diagrams. For … Continue reading

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Neutrino Astronomy

By Prasad Ganti Astronomy started out as optical, viewing the light emitted by astronomical bodies in space. Our ancestors looked at the night sky and imagined patterns of stars and distant bodies. Several advances occurred in the last four hundred … Continue reading

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Short Stories Series

by Eklavya Doegar, Student, 8th grade Amazing stories from Ancient Astronomy Aryabhata I: The Young Stargazer  A long time ago in the land of India, there lived a boy who couldn’t stop looking up at the skies. This was in … Continue reading

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Snippets

compiled by Arlene & David Kaplan Artemis II Flight Day 5: Crew Demos Suits, Readies for Lunar Flyby The Artemis II crew of NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, continue their workday aboard the Orion spacecraft.  With a demonstration underway of the Orion crew survival system spacesuit, the crew also will prepare for their lunar … Continue reading

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From The Director

by Rex Parker, PhD director@princetonastronomy.org March 10, 2026 Meeting at Peyton Hall.  The approach of the vernal equinox is a great time of year in the northern hemisphere!  It reminds us that the cycle of life is deeply intertwined with … Continue reading

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From The Program Chair

by Victor Davis, Program Chair A Dynamic PresentationThe March, 2026 monthly meeting of the Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton will take place in Peyton Hall on the campus of Princeton University on Tuesday, March 10th at 7:30 PM. As usual, … Continue reading

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