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The Transit of
Venus: Twice in a Lifetime, Lou Mayo
On the 8th of June Venus will pass across the face
of the Sun—a rare event that in the 17th century permitted
European scientists to determine the size of the Solar System. |
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ComPADRE:
Communities of Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources in Education,
Susana E. Deustua
To facilitate better teaching and better learning, a group of
professional organizations is creating a digital repository
of educational resources and information. |
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Planet-Building
on the Grandest Scales, Ken Rice and Phil Armitage
The extrasolar planets discovered to this time are believed
to be giant gaseous planets similar to Jupiter and Saturn.
Understanding how large planets form will help us construct
an overall picture of how entire planetary systems form. |
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Peering into
the Dark, Catherine Garland
The evidence for the existence of black holes is overwhelming,
and these bizarre objects—likely ranging in size from
teeny to titanic—may even lurk inside the debris of
particle collisions in an eagerly awaited particle accelerator. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
Life in a "Science" Town |
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Living
Universe, Monika Kress
Rocks on the Ice |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
I, Robot? I Wish! |
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Lives
of Stars, Jennifer Birriel
Shaping Planetary Nebulae |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Cosmic Metamorphosis |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford Cunningham
The Scientific Gene |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Spectrum of Eta Carinae |
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Celestial
Wonderings, Lou Mayo
Star-Hopping Through Orion |
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Observer's
Page, John Shibley
Spring’s Hidden Flower |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
March Sky Map | April
Sky Map | May Sky Map |
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Works
of Note |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Page, Catherine A. Pilachowski
The
Future of the Hubble Space Telescope |
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