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Prowling for
Planets, Debra Fischer
Even though we had good reason to believe planets orbit other
stars like the Sun, just five years ago did we uncover the first
evidence to support this belief. Now the discovery of such "extrasolar"
worlds threatens to become routine. |
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Welcome to the 21st Century, Arthur
C. Clarke, Ryder W. Miller
The man behind late 20th century icons such as the Monolith,
the Overlords, and a cylindrical visitor called Rama, Sir Arthur
C. Clarke stands at the threshold of 2001. |
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Prospects
for an Interstellar Mission: Hard Technology Limits but Surprising
Physics Possibilities, Bernard Haisch and Alfonso Rueda
How can we reach another star in a timely fashion? Extrapolating
our best current technology into the future is like trying to
somehow soup-up Magellan's sailing ship to circumnavigate the
globe in ninety minutes. |
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The Journey to Algol, Mercedes T. Richards
New observing techniques, innovative data analysis procedures,
and theoretical modeling have brought us closer to understanding
mass transfer in interacting binaries. |
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Departments
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Editorial,
Robert J. Havlen
At
the Crossroads |
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Society Scope |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
The Royal Greenwich Observatory |
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Focus
on Education, Jeff Bennett
Classroom Careers for Scientists |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Eric Schulman
Is Life Common? |
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Weaving
Loose Ends, Steven N. Shore
Time and Tide II |
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Research
Notebook, Christopher Wanjek
The Balloons of Summer |
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SkyMap and SkyChat, Richard Talcott |
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Works
of Note |
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Last
Page, Donna B. Smith
Dark Matters |
