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Astronomer will visit Keystone

Astronomer and author Neil F. Comins, Ph.D., will present “What if the Earth Were a Moon of Another World?” on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Keystone College in the President’s Dining Room, Hibbard Campus Center.

Comins will discuss recent discoveries and theoretical work about exoplanets, or planets of other stars.

He is author of 14 books on astronomy and space, including “What if the Moon Didn’t Exist: Voyages to Earths that Might Have Been,” “What if the Earth Had Two Moons,” and “Heavenly Errors: Misconceptions About the Real Nature of the Universe.” He has appeared on numerous radio and television shows through the nation.

Sponsored by the American Astronomical Society under the Harlow Shapley Visiting Lectureships in Astronomy program, the lecture is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Douglas O’Neal at 945-8145 or douglas.oneal@keystone.edu.