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The Development
of Astronomy: What Might Have Been, Sun
Kwok
Astronomy is the oldest science, but was its development
inevitable? With change of a few circumstances, our view of
the Universe could have been very different. |
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Fingerprints
from Rainbows, Ben Bova
Besides light’s ability to illuminate the world around
us, it also has an equally profound ability to inform us of
the nature of objects in that world. |
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Refining
Refracted Moonlight, Graeme H. Smith
The past century saw substantial refinement in the way in
which we interpret the Moon’s history—and substantial
enhancement in our means of capturing lunar essence in photographs. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
The Smell of Color |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Stephen Hawking Recants |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Winged MESSENGER |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
30 Years Ago: The Aurorae |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Parent Stars of Exoplanets |
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Celestial
Wonderings, Lou Mayo
Ancient Skies |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Planet Hercules |
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Education
Matters, Marni Berendsen
An Outreach Community |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
September Sky Map | October
Sky Map | November Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Word, Kevin Marvel
Crazy
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