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The Mystery of Dark
Energy, Robert Naeye
Contrary to expectations, the expansion of the universe
is accelerating. The force behind this acceleration has a name
-- dark energy -- but to date, little else is known about it. |
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Melted
Crumbs from Asteroid Vesta, Linda M.V. Martel
Micrometeorites found at the bottom of a South Pole water well
are giving researchers clues as to the chemical composition
of a distant asteroid. |
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Astronomy
in the News
From a new age for Saturn’s rings to colliding white-dwarf
stars and a new appreciation for the evolution of galaxies,
here are some of the latest discoveries that have recently
made news in the astronomical community. |
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Departments
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Editorial, Paul Deans
Turning Points |
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First
Word, Jim Manning
Shadow
Play |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Type
Ia Supernovae Progenitors |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
HDTV Earthrise |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
UHECR . . . |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Comet Holmes |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
John Dee at 400 |
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Education
Matters, David Bruning
What Do We Keep? |
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Societal
Impact , Vivian White and Tierney O’Dea
Slooh for Schools |
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Book
Corner
Disney Learning: Wonderful World of
Space by Andrew Fraknoi |
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Reflections
Pickering's Triangle |
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ASP
2008 Meeting, Andrew Fraknoi
Preparing for the International Year of Astronomy |
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Society
Scope/ASP Supporters |
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Sky
Events, Richard Talcott
February Sky Map | March
Sky Map | April Sky Map |
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