Mercury
Magazine
Contents
and Select Excerpts
Vol. 37 No. 1
Winter 2008
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| 14 | The Mystery of Dark
Energy, Robert Naeye
Contrary to expectations, the expansion of the universe is accelerating. The force behind this acceleration has a name -- dark energy -- but to date, little else is known about it. |
| 20 | Melted
Crumbs from Asteroid Vesta, Linda M.V. Martel Micrometeorites found at the bottom of a South Pole water well are giving researchers clues as to the chemical composition of a distant asteroid. |
| 24 |
Astronomy
in the News From a new age for Saturn’s rings to colliding white-dwarf stars and a new appreciation for the evolution of galaxies, here are some of the latest discoveries that have recently made news in the astronomical community. |
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| 4 | Editorial, Paul Deans Turning Points |
| 5 | First
Word, Jim Manning Shadow Play |
| 7 | Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel Type Ia Supernovae Progenitors |
| 8 | Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda HDTV Earthrise |
| 9 | Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek UHECR . . . |
| 10 | Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher Comet Holmes |
| 11 | Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham John Dee at 400 |
| 12 | Education
Matters, David Bruning What Do We Keep? |
| 13 | Societal
Impact , Vivian White and Tierney O’Dea Slooh for Schools |
| 28 | Book
Corner Disney Learning: Wonderful World of Space by Andrew Fraknoi |
| 30 | Reflections Pickering's Triangle |
| 32 | ASP
2008 Meeting, Andrew Fraknoi Preparing for the International Year of Astronomy |
| 35 | Society Scope/ASP Supporters |
| 40 | Sky Events, Richard Talcott |