Updates March 2009 Coast to Coast
Saturday March 7th, 2009
Pluto, Kepler & 2012
Astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, Neil deGrasse Tyson discussed Pluto and the controversy surrounding its demotion from planetary status. He said Pluto was discovered in 1930 by amateur astronomer Clyde Tombaugh, and was thought to have been the long sought-after Planet X. Pluto was even assigned the size and mass that had been presumed for the fabled planet, Tyson added. Astronomers eventually figured out that mistakes in telescope operations had been made and, once accounted for, the need for a Planet X vanished, he further noted.
Sunday March 8th, 2009
The Science of Alchemy
Investigator of alternative technologies and physics, Joseph P. Farrell discussed his research into ancient alchemy and how the principles behind it may have been used by Nazi scientists. Farrell cautioned against dismissing alchemy as a "psuedo science," noting that the concept has endured for hundreds of years.
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