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The Unspeakable Act of Creation (or
What the Cosmologist Saw), Chris D. Impey
Cosmology is the study of you, me, our Galaxy, and the rest
of the universe. Our noses are pressed against the window of
creation, trying to get a glimpse of the action. Who, then,
are the people who study cosmology? |
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That
Was the Year That Was: Astrophysics in 1997, Virginia Trimble
In 1997 we saw new worlds, listened to old stars, and got a
new measure of the universe. |
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Heavenly
Conflicts: The Bible and Astronomy, Hector Avalos
For most of the last two thousand years, any astronomy research
had to follow the biblical interpretation of the Church. Accordingly,
many scientists would argue that for modern astronomy to be
born, biblical cosmology had to die. |
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Digging for Clues to Galaxy Formation
in Large-Scale Structures, Stephen A. Gregory
Galaxies are the clearest and most easily understood objects
of cosmological significance, yet the question of how they formed
has not been answered by studying them individually. Now we
look to their groupings and even larger structures to formulate
an answer. |
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Departments
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Editorial,
James C. White II
Listening
to the voices. |
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Letters to the Editor |
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Black Holes
to Blackboards, Jeffrey F. Lockwood
Making a safe black hole. |
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Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher
A universe filled with island universes. |
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Accidental Astrophysics, James C. White
II
Charting the Hyades. |
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Education
Newswire, Leo P. Connolly
Astronomy information for educators. |
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SkyChart and SkyTalk, Robert A. Garfinkle |
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Research Review, Eric M. Schlegel
What happens when supernovae collide? |
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Last
Page, Stephanie A. Graves
No clocks? No way. |
