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Amid the Swirl of Interplanetary Dust,
Stephen Kortenkamp
The inner solar system is littered with debris from asteroids
and comets that are gradually being reduced to dust. The study
of this debris has intrigued astronomers for more than 300 years. |
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Armageddon? Sorry ... Just Armakiddin'!
Ivan Semeniuk
Asteroid 1997 XF11 won't be colliding with Earth anytime soon,
but it's already having an impact on how astronomers talk to
the public -- and each other -- about natural hazards. |
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Observation
of Meteoroid Impacts by Space-Based Sensors, Edward Tagliaferri
There is a small fleet of satellites in orbit around Earth whose
mission is to look down and monitor what happens on the planet.
Little did we know that they would tell us so much about a threat
from above. |
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Sci-Fi in the Classroom: Making a "Deep
Impact" on Young People's Interest in Science, Leroy W. Dubeck
and Rose Tatlow
From science fiction, most students are familiar with spaceships
whooshing through outer space, but most do not know why this
is, in fact, scientifically impossible. Rather than accept this,
why not use that same science fiction to teach good science? |
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Departments
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Editorial,
James C. White II
Rocky
Invaders |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Stones from the Sky |
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Education Newswire,
Leo P. Connolly
Astronomy information for educators. |
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Accidental Astrophysics, James C. White
II
Recovering Ceres |
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SkyChart and SkyTalk, Robert A. Garfinkle |
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Book
Review, Chris D. Impey
"The Origin and Evolution of the Universe," edited by Ben Zuckerman
and Matthew Malkan. "Unsolved Problems in Astrophysics," edited
by John Bahcall and Jeremiah Ostriker. |
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