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White Dwarfs
by the Billions, Ben
R. Oppenheimer
Astronomers have just discovered a new class of white dwarf,
which could number in the hundreds of billions and account for
a significant portion of the galaxy’s dark matter. (with
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Astronomer for
All Seasons: Heber D. Curtis, Donald E. Osterbrock
Heber D. Curtis was the first to prove that there were galaxies
beyond our Milky Way. |
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Razor-Sharp Radio
Astronomy, T. Joseph W. Lazio
By constructing virtual telescopes the size of continents (and
larger), radio astronomers are obtaining spectacular high-resolution
results. (with 2 sidebars) |
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Departments
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Editorial,
Alex Filippenko
Welcome
from the New ASP President |
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Society
Scope |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Sounds of Hydrogen |
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Focus
on Education, Jeff Lockwood
Increasing Our Connection to the Stars |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Joanne Cohn and Eric Schulman
Looking for Lambda |
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Research
Notebook, Christopher Wanjek
MAPping the Baby Universe |
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The
Celestial Enquirer, John Shibley
Milky Way Nights |
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Astronomer’s
Scrapbook, William Sheehan
The Evocative Colors of a Red Planet |
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Astronomy
Newswire, Garik Israelian
A Star that Swallowed a Planet? |
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Sky Map and Sky Talk, Richard Talcott |
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Book
Review, Thomas Haeberle
The Neptune File (by Tom Standage) |
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Last
Page, Christopher Conselice
Astronomy’s Uncertain Future |
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