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Life without Carbon?,
Manfred Cuntz and Peter
E. Williams
Carbon is the centerpiece of all life on Earth and
one of the most abundant elements in the Solar System and Sun-like
stars. Yet alien biochemistries and one’s choice of a
definition of life offer possibility for other forms of life. |
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Why
"the Bear" is a Bear, Brian O’Brian
The Big Dipper is an asterism that children learn and adults
use to provide a comfortable sense of place on Earth, but, contrary
to popular belief, not every person looking skyward sees a bear. |
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A Space for
Climbing and Learning, Eric Jackson and Larry Rand
Teaching children and adults about Earth’s motion through
space is challenging, but an innovative tool that puts them
in the navigator’s seat permits them to understand spaceship
Earth. |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
A Trip To Shadow. |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
A Split Second Save |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Sifting the Stardust |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
75 Years Ago: The Milky Way |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Galaxy
Mergers in the Early Universe |
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Societal
Impact , Dan Zevin
A Network Can Always Do Better |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
The Personal Equation |
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Education
Matters
What Do You Believe? |
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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, Dennis Schatz
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