Struve Warns State Dept Visa Policy Hurts Science
Dr Otto Struve former AAS president condemns visa denial to a renowned foreign astronomer as harmful to science and American prestige. He laments rising nationalism in science, warns of political control over inquiry, and calls for a public declaration on scientific freedom. The identity of the denied visitor is not disclosed.
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State Department
Otto Struve
Williams Bay
Wis
Atlantic
Struve
Soviet
Russia
Dr. Struve
Soviet Union
Earth
United States
Television Cameras Expand Study Of Heavens
Dr. Thornton Page of Yerkes reported at the American astronomical society meeting on a $15,000 television instrument for medical use with X rays that can be adapted for astronomy. The device lets astronomers capture and select star images at varying intensities and compile rapid sequence photographs. Dr. Olin J. Eggen described measuring stellar distances by color and brightness, noting some stars are hundreds of thousands of light years away. US and Mexican scientists hailed the Schmidt telescope for rapid wide-field photographs, reducing work from six hours to twenty minutes, with a naked-eye limit far surpassed by the instrument.
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Thornton Page
Yerkes Observatory
Chicago
American Astronomical Society
School of Medicine
University of Illinois
Page
Olin J. Eggen
Lick Observatory
University of California
Earth
Eggen
U. S
Bernard Schmidt
Optician
Hamburg
Germany
Salmon Frenzy Blocks Driver On Flooded Highway
Reverend Harold Dixon reported he was driving the Aberdeen Raymond highway when a salmon swam onto the flooded road forcing him to brake hard to avoid a collision. The incident occurred near Seattle on December 30.
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Seattle
Wash
U.P
Harold Dixon
Aberdeen- Raymond
Football May Solve Mystery In Universe
The article reports a theory by Dr. Jesse L. Greenstein and Prof. Leverett Davis Jr. that spinning elongated dust particles containing iron could polarize starlight, supporting space magnetic fields. Their idea, presented at the 82nd AAS meeting, offers a physical mechanism for polarization and may revise astronomical concepts about interstellar dust and magnetism.
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American Astronomical Society
Joel Stebbins
Lick Observatory
University of California
Jesse L. Greenstein
The
American Astronomical
Ciety
Mt. Wilson and
Palomar
Interstellar Dust Spins Like Footballs Under Magnetic Field
Dr. Greenstein of California explains that rotating interstellar dust and gas particles could align in a magnetic field, causing polarization of starlight. He notes high gas temperatures near bright stars disrupt alignment through frequent particle collisions, yet spinning end over end may produce the observed effect.
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Greenstein
California
Dr. Greenstein
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