The culmination of an extraordinary celestial event is underway. Look to the southeast at nightfall: a glowing golden orb rising above the skyline will bewilder you if you have not seen planet Mars recently. Distinctly yellowish and shining at a magnitude of -2.75 today, Mars reaches peak brilliance (-2.78m) from the 26th through the 28th,...
Mars shines brightly now in planet Earth's sky. Seen with a yellowish hue it rises over the hills and far away in this serene night skyscape, a countryside panorama recorded last month from Parque Nacional de Cabaneros in Spain. The Milky Way too extends above the distant hills into a starry sky. Its faint pinkish nebulae, cosmic rifts and rivers of dust are mingled with the pale, diffuse glow of starlight. Mimicking Mars' yellow tint, bright star Antares shines to the right of the central Milky Way starclouds.
photo: Jose Luis Hernandez Verdejo
The groundbreaking Yiddish-language production of “Fiddler on the Roof” now showing at the Museum of Jewish Heritage has opened to glowing reviews and sell-out crowds, which has led to the production being extended for an additional week beyond its original run. None of which is a surprise to the actor playing the lead: Broadway veteran...
Steven Skybell leads an ensemble cast in the Yiddish-language production of 'Fiddler on the Roof,' at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.
Credit: Victor Nechay/ProperPix
*AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. *1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. *1553 –...
The Great New York City Fire of 1845 was the last of three particularly devastating fires that affected the heart of Manhattan, the other two occurring in 1776 and 1835.
To the editor, While I don’t always agree with traffic consultant Sam Schwartz (particularly on his support for the “congestion pricing” tax scam), I believe his analysis of the effect of the one-way Verrazano Bridge toll on lower Manhattan is spot on. The one-way toll has burdened those of us living in lower Manhattan with...
A transaction involving docks in Chelsea and a pair of skyscrapers planned for Midtown may soon brighten the prospects of a public space in Lower Manhattan. The Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT) has agreed to sell unused air rights from the Chelsea Piers complex to a two developers, who plan on erecting residential towers on...
Chelsea Piers, the site from which the Hudson River Park Trust
recently sold unused air rights for $52 million.
390 BC – Roman-Gaulic Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome 64 – Great Fire of Rome begins under the Emperor Nero 1334 – The bishop of Florence blesses the first foundation stone for the new campanile (bell tower) of the Florence Cathedral,...
Carl Sagan and his Porsche 914.
"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff."
