Earth To Universe: Do You Read?

Earth to Universe: Do You Read?Geoff Marcy has to work nights, and his graveyard shifts last three or four days at a time. He arrives at work 2200 miles from home with heavy eyes and jet lag from crossing two time zones. But what choice does he have? You can't study the stars with the sun in the way. And the mammoth telescopes used by astronomers such as Marcy are built far from the air- and light-pollution that muck up the crystalline purity of the night sky.•Marcy had it tougher a few years ag...