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Dark
Night, Rowena Davis
Around the world, the dark of night is vanishing.
The International Dark-Sky Association is leading the movement
to save our starry skies. |
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Imaging
the Universe Online,
Paul Deans
The Internet contains so much stuff it should be
called the UWW (Universe Wide Web), but you need to know where
to look to uncover the best images of the cosmos. |
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Time-Domain
Astronomy, John Avant
The first 120 years of night-sky record keeping,
a heritage that largely resides on photographic plates, is in
danger of being lost. |
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Astronomy
in the News
Dating small craters on Mars, images of extra-solar planets,
and an update on a 'cosmic ghost' -- these are some of the
discoveries that have recently made news in the astronomical
community. |
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Departments
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Editorial, Paul Deans
The View From Above |
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First
Word, James G. Manning
Conjunctions |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Night
Sky Brightness |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Planetary Science in the Red |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Tales From the Edge of the Universe |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
50 Years Ago: Rotation in the Solar System |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
How Long Is a Year? |
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Education
Matters, David Bruning
Thinking About Thinking |
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Society
Scope/ASP Supporters |
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Sky
Sights, Paul Deans
The
Sky of February, March, and April |
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Reflections,
Paul Deans
Take the IYA Beyond 2009 |
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