Jaym Pasachoff News Today

Christie's is auctioning off a 1543 book by Copernicus and other astronomical tomes by Newton, Galileo, and more owned by the late Jay M. Pasachoff.

The late Jay Pasachoff inspired generations of students to become astronomers by dragging them to the ends of the Earth for a few precarious moments of ecstasy.

Categories:Astrophotography | tags:Astrophotography, Magazine

Sunil Kumar will become the next president of Tufts University.

An astronomer at Williams College, he probably saw more solar eclipses than any other human in history.

He spent more than 50 years traveling the world to observe solar eclipses and, with 74 sightings under his belt, probably witnessed more of them than any other human in

WILLIAMSTOWN — With an election and town meeting on the May calendar here, lawn signs abound. Most serve to boost name recognition for office-seekers, others urge action and/or support of

WILLIAMSTOWN — An (e)mailing from the Williamstown Historical Museum reminded me that 62 years of more-or-less continuous residency is no guarantee of having seen or heard it all in this

Legacies, football, knitting

Readers discuss a column about how a bout of sickness has changed some of his beliefs. Also: Changes in the SAT; Covid ethics; 8 planets and Pluto.