How Our Earth Was Formed (Apr, 1923) Will It Perish in Collision
with Some Huge Wandering Star— to Die in Flaming Dust as It Was
Born? The Story of Man and His World By Dr. E. E. Free A
Fascinating Serial of Evolution This is the second of a
fascinating series of articles on the secrets of life, prepared
with the cooperation of some of the world’s leading scientists.
A TREMENDOUS burst of light blazed out in infinite space; two
huge stars surged together at terrific speed. They shattered
vast fragments from each other as they passed—and thus our earth
was born! No romance is more interesting, no chapter of science
more inspiring, than the story of how modern astronomers have
learned to read the meaning of the stars; of how they have gone
exploring into the vast depths of space and come back with
answers to some of the first questions that man ever asked
himself; questions of what the stars are made of, why they
shine, how far away they are. The First Science Astronomy was
the first science. Six thousand years