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What’s
the Matter With Antimatter?,
Andrew Willey
A universe filled with matter makes one wonder what
happened to all the antimatter. |
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Making
Model Comets: Has it really been 20 Years?, Dennis Schatz
For more than two decades students and teachers have used a
popular recipe to create comets in their classrooms. |
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Astronomer-General
of Early America, Nick Kanas
A formal response to humans’ curiosity about the world,
science is propelled by the passions and abilities of individuals
-- such as General O. M. Mitchel -- who are driven "to
know." |
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Thoughts on
Receiving the Bruce Medal, Robert P. Kraft
Remarks by the 2005 recipient of the ASP’s Catherine
Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for a lifetime of achievement in astronomy. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
The Chewy Nougat Center |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
The Burst That Changed Everything |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Newton and the Kinky F Ring |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
Early Radio Astronomy |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Using
Voids to Infer Structure |
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Societal
Impact , Michael Bennett
What's An EPO Professional? |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Akhenaton of Astronomy |
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Education
Matters, Kim Cope Tait
Hands-on Learning on Mauna Kea |
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Works
of Note |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
November Sky Map | December
Sky Map | January Sky Map |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Word, Andrew Fraknoi
A
Short List of Astro Daffy-nitions |
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