Browsing: Science
The Distance to the Stars: Astronomy at the Van Vleck Observatory
By Amrys O. Williams On June 16, 1916, nearly 70 people gathered on the Wesleyan…
The Local History of Fuel Cells: How South Windsor Engineers Got NASA to the Moon
By Ria Saxena and Jessica Vogelgesang The year was 1962. Gazing with wonder into the…
Cosmic Connecticut: Astronomy in the Constitution State
By Kristine M. Larsen Our state may be small, but its influence on astronomy is…
The Cosmos of a Puritan Scientist
By Evan E. Brown No one knows precisely when or where it happened. Still, sometime…