Probing a centuries-old mystery in the stars
Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - 21:30
in Astronomy & Space
Atop Mt. Wilson, an astronomer hopes to find the key to Epsilon Aurigae, which for nearly two centuries has baffled astronomers with its fluctuations of light every 27.1 years.As night settles upon Mt. Wilson, stars rise out of the December darkness and the wind begins to howl.