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Unveiling
Black Holes in a Supernova Cauldron, Shmuel Balberg, Monica
Colpi, Stuart L. Shapiro, and Luca Zampieri
In the next year, observations of a distant, newly discovered
supernova may provide us an opportunity to identify a black
hole in the debris of such a stellar explosion. For the first
time, we may obtain unmistakable evidence that supernova explosions
can give birth to black holes. |
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99 Things About the Last 100 Years
of Astronomy, Virginia Trimble
Even though the past century of astronomy has been one of seemingly
innumerable achievements and discoveries, let's just see if
we can count the more prominent ones. |
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Strategies
For Teaching Astronomy, Jeffrey O. Bennett
To be an effective astronomy teacher, one cannot simply rely
on the subject's subtle beauty or wow!-factor. It takes dedication
and hard work to bring the science alive and to make it meaningful
in the classroom and throughout life. |
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The Pistol Star: A Supergiant Among
Its Ponderous Peers, Donald F. Figer
Locked away in the heart of the Milky Way Galaxy is an enormous
star on the brink of its cataclysmic end. How did we find this
stellar Gargantua, invisible as it is to the naked eye, and
what can it tell us about life in the Galaxy's center? |
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Departments
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Editorial,
James C. White II
Metric
Matters |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Interior of the Sun |
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Education
Newswire, Leo P. Connolly
Resources and news for astronomy educators |
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Armchair Astrophysics, Eric Schulman
Inflation |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Christopher J. Conselice
The Observatory Drive Irregulars |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Eric Schulman
Front Yard Cosmology |
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Commentary, Michael C. LoPresto
Dealing with Potential Conflicts Between Religion and Science
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SkyMap and SkyChat, Richard Talcott |
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Index to Volume 28 |
