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Following a New Path Along the Search
for Life in the Solar System, Thomas E. Colonna and Desencia
E. Thomas
Imagined by several generations of science fiction authors as
smooth-talking aliens envious of our blue-water world, extraterrestrial
life on Earth's planetary siblings may take the form of bacteria
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The Dance of the Galaxies: The Young-Universe
Ball, Tsafrir Kolatt
When the Universe was younger, so much younger than today, practically
in its infancy, did it look similar to what we observe around
us today? |
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Daniel
Kirkwood - Dean of American Astronomers, Frank K. Edmondson
Daniel Kirkwood as a young man turned his attention to mathematics
and the study of minor planets. His intellectual legacy remains.
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The End of Astronomy?,
Chris Impey
Fueled by scientific, technological, and even millennial fervor,
some claim we are on the verge of figuring "it" all out. Stars,
galaxies, large-scale structure, even the nature of the Universe
itself. Might we really be so close to all the answers? |
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Departments
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Editorial,
James C. White II
Climbing
a Little Closer |
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Society Scope |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Some Vistas of Astronomical Discovery |
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Focus
on Education, Jeff Bennett
The Key to Success in Astronomy |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Eric Schulman
Life in the Universe |
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Weaving
Loose Ends, Steven N. Shore
Time and Tide |
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Research
Notebook, Christopher Wanjek
Invasion of the Giant X-ray Bubbles |
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SkyMap and SkyChat, Richard Talcott |
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Works
of Note |
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Last
Page, Donna B. Smith
Force that Drives the Flower |
