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Article |
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Why
SETI Will Fail, Ben Zuckerman
The union of space telescopes and interstellar spaceships
guarantees that if extraterrestrial civilizations were common,
someone would have come here long ago. |
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24 |
SETI’s
Prospects Are Bright, Seth Shostak
Thousands of communicating civilizations could populate our
galaxy. And there are plenty of reasons why none of them have
visited Earth. |
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30 |
2002:
A Martian Odyssey, Stephane Barile
NASA’s
Mars Odyssey spacecraft has both good news and bad news for
would-be martian explorers. |
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Flattening
the Earth, Jeffrey Burton Russell
Contrary
to popular folklore, medieval Europeans knew Earth was a sphere,
and, with the notable exception of Christopher Columbus, most
had a pretty good idea of its true size. |
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Departments
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Editorial, Robert Naeye
Astronomical Wagers |
| 5 |
Society
Scope
News and information for Society members |
| 8 |
Research
Notebook, Christopher Conselice
Brown Dwarfs: The Missing Link |
| 9 |
Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
Ring Around the Black Hole |
| 10 |
Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Lunar Challenge |
| 11 |
Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Search
for an Intra-Mercurial Planet |
| 12 |
Focus
on Education, Marni Berendsen
Living Inside the Milky Way |
| 13 |
Observer’s
Page, John Shibley
Monsters
of Autumn |
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Sky Map and Sky Talk,
Richard Talcott
September Sky Map | October
Sky Map | November Sky Map |
| 39 |
Book
Review, Philip Plait
Flash!
The Hunt for the Biggest Explosions in the Universe (by Govert
Schilling) |
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Works
of Note |
Mercury
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