Don't Blame Moon for Titanic Sinking

There was a bit of a buzz last week about Sky & Telescope's cover story for its April 2012 issue, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, which occurred on April 14, 1912. In the article, two astronomers from Texas State University-San Marcos, along with a senior contributing editor of Sky & Telescope, put forth an intriguing theory about what might have caused the high number of icebergs that made their way into the shipping lanes used by Titanic and other passenger and cargo ships in 1912.