Space – The Tropolitan

Explore the Solar System with new astronomy course

September 11, 2019 News

(CONTRIBUTED/ Maurice Clark) A close-up photo of the moon taken by Troy Professor Maurice Clark through a telescope Rakshak Adhikari Staff Writer Starting next fall, the Department of Physics and Chemistry will offer a new course in astronomy titled “Exploring the Solar System.” The course does not have any prerequisites and will count toward a general science with lab. “The course was created on principle because it was impossible to do an honest job of teaching solar system astronomy and large-scale structure in one semester,” said Govind Menon, the chair…

NASA Space Photos Compiled Into Time-Lapse

April 25, 2015 Admin_trop

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