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Rings of Creation, Richard H. Durisen
Even though the notion of protoplanetary disks is not new, increasingly sophisticated models of planet formation are now showing us how planets may really come to be. |
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Building Bridges to Diversity in Physics and
Astronomy, Keivan G. Stassun
Increasing the number of minority astronomers would be easy if only it didn’t seem so hard. |
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Nature’s Hurricane Recipe, James C. White II
Mighty swirling buckets of Earth’s atmosphere start appearing when ocean waters warm. |
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Phase Transitions and Exotic Relics, Zachariah Cano
The Universe had an energetic beginning, and we must work with the remains of that fiery first day and some heady physics to understand better how everything came to be. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
Voices on the Aether |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
The Rise and Fall of the Working Class Black Hole |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Small Craters on Mars: Primarily Secondary? |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
75 Years Ago: A Solar Eclipse for California |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Watching Polaris
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Societal
Impact , Peter Michaud
Gemini Observatory and Family (’Ohana) ASTRO |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The First Dateline |
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Education
Matters, Dennis Schatz
Monday Night Science |
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Works
of Note |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
May
Sky Map | June Sky Map | July
Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Word, Michael Bennett
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