HelenaP
August 6th, 2008, 01:56 AM
By Space.com Staff
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The founder of the legendary rock band Queen has completed his doctoral thesis in astrophysics after taking a 30-year break to play some guitar.
Brian May's thesis examines the mysterious phenomenon known as Zodiacal light, a misty diffuse cone of light that appears in the western sky after sunset and in the eastern sky before sunrise. Casual observers, if they live under very dark rural skies, can best see the light two to three hours before sunrise as they look east, and many people have been fooled into seeing it as the first sign of morning twilight. A Persian astronomer who lived around the 12th century referred to it as "false dawn" in a poem.
Read more here... (http://www.space.com/entertainment/080801-brian-may-doctorate.html)
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The founder of the legendary rock band Queen has completed his doctoral thesis in astrophysics after taking a 30-year break to play some guitar.
Brian May's thesis examines the mysterious phenomenon known as Zodiacal light, a misty diffuse cone of light that appears in the western sky after sunset and in the eastern sky before sunrise. Casual observers, if they live under very dark rural skies, can best see the light two to three hours before sunrise as they look east, and many people have been fooled into seeing it as the first sign of morning twilight. A Persian astronomer who lived around the 12th century referred to it as "false dawn" in a poem.
Read more here... (http://www.space.com/entertainment/080801-brian-may-doctorate.html)
(Courtesy of my co - admin, roboben!!!)
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm159/HelenaP_2008/070824_brian_may_01.jpg
Read more about Brian May, here..... (http://www.space.com/entertainment/070824_brian_may.html%5BIMG%5Dhttp://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm159/HelenaP_2008/070824_brian_may_01.jpg%5B/IMG%5D)