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Planetary Rings: Moonlets in a Cosmic
Sandblaster, Richard H. Durisen
From apparent delicacy to dusty slumpiness, planetary ring systems
offer much to the scientist and the artist. What creates and
maintains the rings? What about them moves us? |
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The Play's
the Thing...Some thoughts on Introductory Physics Teaching,
Victor J. Montemayor
Teaching science in general, and physics and astronomy in particular,
is difficult in an era of decreasing attention spans and increasing
extracurricular activities and responsibilities among students.
but engaging and involving them is certainly not impossible.
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Lunar
Vistas and Apollo's Legacy, San Francisco Museum of Modern
Art
A new collection of photographs from the Apollo missions demonstrates
that, in spite of searing extremes in temperature and a negligible
atmosphere, the Moon is a beautiful world. |
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Be Careful Saving the World from Near-Earth-Orbit
Objects: You May Be Breaking the Law, Thomas E. Colonna and
Desencia E. Thomas
There exists a body of international law surrounding the uses
of outer space. Given that we want to protect ourselves from
extraterrestrial impacts, can we really do so legally? |
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Departments
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Editorial,
James C. White II
Shadow
Touch |
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Letters
to the Editor |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The
History of the Earth |
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Education Newswire, Leo P. Connolly
Resources and news for astronomy educators |
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Armchair Astrophysics, Eric Schulman
Front Yard Cosmology |
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Astronomer's Notebook, Christopher
J. Conselice
U.S. Astronomy in the Next Ten Years |
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World Beat,
Helen and Edwin Woerner
A Close Conjunction Comes to the UAE |
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SkyMap and SkyChat, Richard Talcott |
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Last
Page, Donna B. Smith
A Temporal Disturbance in Vegas |
