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Now, Voyager,
Erica Naone
Three decades since their launch, the twin Voyager
spacecraft continue to be two of humanity’s most important
emissaries. |
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The
Touch of Astronomy, Noreen Grice
Most people take for granted the visual gratification that astronomy
provides, but it is possible to turn astronomy into a tactile
experience for the visually impaired. |
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Astronomy Education
Review -- Astronomy Education Joins the Mainstream,
Andrew Fraknoi and Sidney Wolff
Five years ago a new journal for astronomy education was created,
and now education researchers have an appropriate venue for
presenting and sharing their ideas and practices. |
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Hot
Science in the Classroom: One High School Science Teacher's
Dream Come True, Gretchen Stahlman
Putting teachers and scientists together to conduct research
is good for both, but it is perhaps the students who benefit
the most. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
Finding Home |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Black Holes Under Attack |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
DEPTHX Takes the Ultimate Plunge |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Promise of the 200-inch Telescope |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Hyades
Highlights |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
Copernicus in Hades? |
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Societal
Impact , Suzy Gurton and Michael Gibbs
Direct to the Teachers |
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Education
Matters, David Bruning
Dualism and the Post-Modern Student |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
August Sky Map | September
Sky Map | October Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Works
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