May 2025

  • The Age of the Earth (The Search Begins)

    FAS Astronomers Blog, Volume 33, Number 4. The Earth was formed … some time ago … but when? To answer this question, I decided to focus on three things. This is part 1 of the quest, describing how geologist unraveled the history of the Earth.  Early attempts Early attempts to determine the Earth’s age were…

  • May 2025 FAS Meeting (Wednesday, May 14)

    Please join us for the May meeting of the Forsyth Astronomical Society at 7:30 on Wednesday, May 14. The meeting will be held at Kaleideum – located at 120 West 3rd Street downtown in Winston-Salem, NC. The May program will be a telescope workshop. Members and non-members are encourage to come with questions about telescopes…