Chasing Shadows – Stellar Occultations and the Outer Solar System

Chasing Shadows [starts at 9:40]  Astronomy is a science that depends on watching things happen in the universe that we don’t have control over: supernovae, formation of stars, orbits of planets, and the spectacle of solar eclipses.  You can’t grab a distant galaxy and bring it into the lab for experiments, so astronomers have to … Continue reading "Chasing Shadows – Stellar Occultations and the Outer Solar System"