(And Then I Wrote…) Since this site began more than six years ago, every Thursday I have been publishing a reprint from my column “Across the Universe” in the British Catholic journal, The Tablet. I have finally gone through all of them (except for 2019’s columns) and I’ve even re-published a few of the oldest ones that came out here before our readership had grown.  In order to let my backlog build up a bit, I am taking “Across the Universe” offline for 2020. Instead, I am republishing a selection of other articles that I have written and published in various places… often obscure. This article comes from The Planetarian, the magazine of the International Planetarium Society – the folks who run planetariums. It’s based on a talk I gave them in 2003, and ran in their March 2004 issue. Click HERE if you want to see the whole issue. Here’s the blurb that introduces the article: Presenting astronomy to … Continue reading →