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Echoes of the Past, by Katherine Bracher
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Comet Tales, by David H. Levy
Many comets are first seen by amateur astronomers, and David
Levy is one of the best. How did he prepare for his years of
comet hunting? What was it like to discover his first comet?
How does he do it, night after night, year after year? |
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The Bit Hit, by George Musser
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's collision with Jupiter may have been
the most watched event in astronomical history. Virtually every
observatory trained its telescopes on the giant planet. And,
thanks to the wonders of the computer network known as the Internet,
astronomers knew what their counterparts all over the world
had seen within minutes of their observations. We present here
some of the first images of the comet impacts, many of which
are available to anyone with access to the Internet. |
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The Solar Systems New Ring, by Dan
Durda and Sumita Jayaraman
New research indicates that a ring of dust circles the Sun near
the Earth's orbit. Where did the dust come from? How long will
it be there? Does the Earth ever run into any of it? |
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Radical in Tweeds: Robert H. Dicke,
by Jack Zirker
Bucking the trend of scientists who accepted Einstein's General
Theory of Relativity on faith, Robert Dicke has always demanded
experimental proof. What experiments did he devise to test the
theory? And, after conducting those experiments, how did the
Theory hold up? |
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Max Wolf: The Twenty-Fifth Bruce Medalist,
by Joseph S. Tenn |
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Education at the CfA, by Harold P.
Coyle
The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has developed
a series of programs addressing the issues of science education
reform. What are those programs? And what have they accomplished?
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