S e l e c t e d  s t o r i e s

A s t r o n o m y

Yerkes Observatory: Historic observatory is for sale

Eyes on the sky: Exotic technology finds new worlds

Sharpening the view:  Adaptive optics extend ground-based vision

Stargazing:   New Mexico inn offers dark skies

Venus transit:   Historic event is page one news

A n t a r c t i c a

Tuning in the universe:  Project AMANDA

Scientists find Pole vital to study of universe:  Astrophysics is king at Amundsen-Scott

Forecasting a continent:  Automated weather stations vital to Antarctic research

History's ice hounds:  1950s brought surprising discoveries for field scientists

Putting Antarctica on the map:   A history of Antarctic discovery