| Page | Article | 
               
                | 12 | Going Deep, Robert 
                  Naeye A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope — 
                  the deepest optical image ever taken — sheds new light 
                  on the Andromeda Galaxy’s halo.
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                | 14 | Red 
                  Rover’s Rocky Road, Jim Bell A planetary scientist recounts the long struggle to build and 
                  launch two rovers to Mars.
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                | 24 |  
                    Observer’s 
                    Delight, Daniel P. Joyce and Daniel M. TroianiIn late August, Mars will come as close to Earth as it ever 
                    gets. Even modest telescopes will reveal a fascinating wealth 
                    of detail.
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                | 30 | Mars Fever, 
                  William Sheehan Astronomers obsessed with Mars would do just about anything 
                  to observe the Red Planet during the great oppositions of yesteryear.
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                |  | Departments | 
               
                | 4 | Editorial, Robert Naeye Now Is the Time to See Mars!
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                | 5 | Astronomy 
                    Newsflash, Jennifer BirrielThe Silent Birth of a Black Hole
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                | 6 | Armchair 
                  Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek The Universe’s Growing Pains
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                | 7 | Research 
                  Notebook, Christopher J. Conselice Mars: The Wet Planet?
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                | 8 | Annals 
                  of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham Piazzi’s Deception
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                | 9 | Echoes of the Past, Katherine Bracher The Problem of Stellar Evolution
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                | 10 | Focus 
                  on Education, Edmund X. DeJesus Student Uncovers Martian Craters
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                | 11 | Observer's 
                  Page, John Shibley Fade to Black
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                | 38 | Sky Map and Sky Chat, 
                  Richard Talcott July Sky Map | August 
                  Sky Map | September Sky Map
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                | 42 | Society 
                  Scope News 
                  and information for Society members
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                | 45 | Book 
                  Review, Gregory Laughlin The Life and Death of Planet Earth
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                | 46 | Works 
                  of Note |