Stories by Henry Norris Russell

How the Astronomical Specialist Applies Scientific Management to the Systematic Search for New Asteroids or Minor Planets

Research Indicates That the Sun Picked Up Its Family of Comets Only Recently While Passing Through Orion

Night Sky: November and December

Why Comets Shine; Why the Heads Appear to Contain Different Substances. These and Other Puzzles Are Being Solved

Most of the Meteors One Sees Are No Larger Then a Pea. The Majority Come From Far Beyond the Solar System

The Stars Send Out Their Light into Empty Space. Does It Go On Forever? If Not, Where Does It End?

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, Formerly Thought to be Hot, Are Now Suspected of Being Extremely Frigid, With Oceans Frozen Solid Thousands of Miles in Depth

From the Moon the Earth Would Appear Many Times as Bright as the Moon Appears from the Earth. Interesting New Research on an Old Subject

Astrophysicists Have Just Determined that One Universe of Stars Is Moving Through Space at Five Thousand Times the Speed of a Rifle Bullet

The Eye Is No Judge of the Heat which Each Star Radiates, but a Thermo-Couple Measures It with Precision. The Hotter a Star the Greater the Proportion of Its Radiation We Perceive Visually, but the Very Hottest Stars Radiate Mainly in the Ultra-Violet.

The Ordinary Identification of the Chemical Elements on the Sun by Means of the Spectroscope Has Long Been Possible. The Newest Development Is Quantitative Analysis of These Same Elements

Accumulated Evidence Indicates that the Whole Galaxy of Billions of Stars Rotates in About 100,000,000 Years

Night Sky: February and March

New Research Reveals the Long Sought Hiding Place of the Central Nucleus of the Galaxy, Confirming the Belief that We Live in a Spiral Nebula

Few Realize How Many Factors Will Have to be Considered in Selecting Scientifically the Best Site for the New 200-Inch Telescope