Tuesday, April 27, 2010

The Stars: May

Source: Hencoup Enterprises

From The Independent:

Since the Greek astronomer Ptolemy observed Polaris (the Pole Star) 2000 years ago, it has brightened more than two-and-a-half times.

This is 100 times more than theory would predict, and astronomers are baffled as to why. And William Shakespeare, it turns out, had it all wrong with Julius Caesar
declaiming: "I am as constant as the northern star". Now we know the star is far from constant.

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