NEWS FROM THE STARS . ( , - _ Investigations by Dr Harlow Shaley Shap- Shap Shapley Shapley i- i - - i1 ley , noted Harvard astronomer , fol- fol followmg following fclowing 1- 1 - - lowmg lowing the flare-up flare up - of a new star starMay InMay in inMay May , 1925 , led him to believe beheve that tphenomenon the thephenomenon thephenomenon ] ie phenomenon " , was as caused by b the col col- col collision cclision \ - . . II510n lision of two ttco t , 0 stars , an extremely rare rareoccurrence raoccurrence raoccurrenceBut .g g occurrence occurrenceBut But the collision colhslOn v . which hieb caus caused caUSOQ a the theappearance theappearance tappearance ] appearance of the new star to earth earthdwellers earthdwellers eardwellers : dwellers in 1925 really happened in the theyear tliear le year ) ear 1390 . , according accordmg to Dr Shaple Shapley Shapleft , whose \ ft hose measurement of the 'disbncc disbncc distance ' distancethe of ofthe ofthe the star from the earth indicates thit that thatit it is so far a\\ay a ay away \ \ that it would take takeray a aray aray , ray of light hght 535 years ) ears to come to us ialthough , . although its speed is about 1860miles 186 000 000miles 000miles miles a second Such things thmgs give food for reflection refiectioalthough , i ialthough I although the figures involved invohed invoked can nbe not notI notbe notbe > tj I be even faintly comprehended by the thehuman thehuman thuman ] human mind mmd But it is 15 mtelestmg mteresting mteiestmgcontemplate to tocontemplate tocontemplate o contemplate that if it were possible f'a fa for fora fora ' a being on that particular star to look lookthrough lookthrough loothrough through a telescope powerful enough enoughto enoug'to enougto ' to spe SM see the details of what is going gomg oon on onon onon on earth , heould he , would \ould ould \ not see what IS IStakmg istaking ] taking takmg place today , but v . would ould WItness WItnessthe witnessthe witnesthe ts the happenings happerungs of 535 years ago agG-Ol agG Ol ago-or ago or agGOlabout agoorabout - - cabout i about 100 years before the discovery of ofAmenca ofAmerica cAmerica cAmericaBy Amenca America AmencaBy AmericaBy By a similar silIlllar calculation , if a radiprogram radio radioprogrcim radioprogram progrcim program were broadcast tonight tornght from fromthe fromthe trorthe , the star , called Nova Pictons Pictorls Pictoris , WIth WIthSUUlclent withsufficient wiCsufficient SUUlclent sufficient power to reach the eartiour earth ' , our radio sets might nught pick it up In the theyear theyear thyear e year 2468 , but not sooner soonerBut soonerBut soonerBut But Nova Pictols Pictois is a relatively neaneighbor near nearneIghbor nearneighbor neIghbor , as celestial distances go g gOur < > . Our present telescopes bring rmg Into Intoieobjects \ie\objects ie objects \ ' 'iew iew ieW \ " ( / objects from which it would take a aray aray ; ray of light millions mllhons of years to reachthe reach reachthe readthe the earth And what Is beyond ' ? " Ialmost It Ita1most Italmost . a1most almost makes one's ones ' head swim to thmk think thmkabout thinkabout thmlabout about It Perhaps that is why the thi