Stories by Henry Norris Russell

What Becomes of the Starlight?

If Space Is Infinite and Finally Empty, the Energy Radiated From the Stars Must Go On Forever; But if Space is "Curved"—What Then?

The Heavens in August 1928

The Heavens in July 1928

Problems of Solar Research

Many Perplexing Puzzles Have Given Way to Astrophysical Research, but Enough Remain to Keep Astrophysicists Occupied

The Heavens in June 1928

Sun-spots in Weather Prediction

It Is Now Impossible to Predict the Weather From Sun-spots, and Such Predictions Need Not be Taken Seriously

Another Astronomical Puzzle Solved

The Problem of the Nature of the Peculiar "Planetary Nebulae" Gives Way to the Modern Astrophysicist

The Heavens in May 1928

Comets

The Past Year Has Provided Several Unusually Interesting Comets. Recent Computations Indicate That One Comet's Orbit Extends Half Way to the Nearest Fixed Star

The Heavens in February 1928

Has the Universe a Limit?

It Is Easy to Prove That the Stars Are Not Infinite in Number, and That the Universe Is Finite. How Large, Then, Is It?

The Heavens in January 1928

A Scientific Ghost Laid

Fully Investigated, the Supposed Element Nebulium Turns Out to be Nothing but Common Everyday Air

The Heavens in December 1927

The Stars of the Manger

Ten Co-operating Astronomical Observatories Have Revealed that the Little Cluster Known as Praesepe—"The Manger"—Contains Over 350 Stars Traveling Side by Side Through Interstellar Space...

"How do they Know"

When Astronomers Talk of Galaxies of Stars 60,000,000,000,000,000,000 or More Miles Distant, How Have They Arrived at Such Stupendous Figures?

The Heavens in November 1927

Four Sunless Worlds

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, Once thought to be hot, are so deeply Shrouded with Extremely Frigid Clouds that their Surface Temperatures Remain Unknown

The Heavens in October 1927

Odd Stars

The Search for Exceptional Stars--Some Unusually Bright, Some Exceptionally Faint, Others Very Rapid--Forms an Intriguing Specialty for the Modern Astrophysicist