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...Tour of the planets and was speeding out into deep space on its way to the stars. But the temptation of one last backward look was irresistible. Swinging its camera around, it took snapshots of the now distant planets as they might appear to an alien craft approaching the solar system...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: What's Up with the Universe | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

Having placed the Earth in proper perspective, Sagan launches his own Grand Tour of just about everything in space that surrounds it. Elegantly and appealingly, he surveys the current state of knowledge about the solar system, nearby stars, distant galaxies and even the very edge of the universe. As he describes each heavenly body or cosmic phenomenon, the author imparts a healthy dose of science, making it palatable to the lay reader by using jargon-free English buoyed by emotion and humor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: What's Up with the Universe | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

...official: astronomers finally have irrefutable evidence of a solar system beyond our own. But fans of alien life can't celebrate yet: the three confirmed planets are orbiting the dim remnant of a star that exploded long...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Best Science of 1994 | 12/26/1994 | See Source »

While foreigners may be justifiably reluctant to help finance a project as audacious and controversial as Three Gorges, many indisputably worthy ventures, from coal gasification to experiments with solar power, are also begging for funds. Governments and investors naturally wonder if they can afford to gamble on China. But as the most populous nation threatens to pollute the entire planet, can the rest of the world afford to turn its back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Taming the River Wild | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...with the deaths of 53 followers of an obscure cult whose bodies were found in Switzerland and Canada in early October. The arrests -- in Southern France, Brittany in the northwest and in the Paris area -- were made in connection with the finances of the cult, the Order of the Solar Temple. Police did not release other details, including the charges brought against them. One of those being held in the confines of a French slammer is Christian-Marie Le Gall, a doctor who shared a medical office with Luc Jouret, the sect's dead guru who was a practitioner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SWISS CULT ARRESTS | 12/13/1994 | See Source »

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