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Glenn Ford

(Gwyllyn Ford)actorBorn: 5/1/1916Birthplace: Sainte-Christine, Portneuf county, Quebec, Canada A Broadway stage actor, he entered films in 1939 and starred opposite Rita Hayworth in Gilda (1946).…

Phenomena, 2008

Configurations of Sun, Moon, and Planets January 2008 Phenomena…

Eclipse Trivia

Word Wise > All About Books Learn about the symbolism, origin of names, and other interesting tidbits about Twilight Related Links…

Astronomical Constants

Light-year (distance traveled by light in one year) 5,880,000,000,000 mi Parsec (parallax of one second, or stellar distances) 3.259 light-years Velocity of light…

Time and Space: It's All Relative

Imagine you’re an astronaut in the future, and your ship has the ability to travel at the speed of light. You jump into your spaceship when you’re 20 years old, travel 331 light years on your journey…

Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonald

(Encyclopedia) Heinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldHeinlein, Robert Anson MacDonaldhīˈlīn [key], 1907–88, American science-fiction writer, b. Butler, Mo. His best-known novel, Stranger in a Strange Land…

Columbia Plateau

(Encyclopedia) Columbia Plateau, physiographic region of North America, c.100,000 sq mi (259,000 sq km), NW United States, between the Rocky Mts. and the Cascade Range in Washington, Oregon, and…

Service, Robert William

(Encyclopedia) Service, Robert William, 1874–1958, Canadian poet and novelist, b. England, educated at the Univ. of Glasgow. He went to Canada in 1897 and held odd jobs in British Columbia and at…