This story appears in the June 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine ... adjusted his telescope to project an 11-inch image of the sun onto a screen. He was tracing sunspots on a piece ...

National Geographic is freshening up its programming ... that brings the galaxy's most famous family to life, with the sun as the matriarch, surrounded by her unruly planetary children.

You look up and see the sky, down and see the earth, and all around you, the breathtaking scenes of National Geographic come to life on six massive screens. This is the National Geographic ...