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The Faint Young
Sun Paradox, Jennifer
Birriel
Geologic evidence for liquid water on ancient Earth
and Mars seems to contradict standard solar models, which suggests
that the young Sun was much less luminous than today. |
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Creating
NASA's Space Science Education and Public Outreach Program:
The Real Stuff (Abridged), Jeffrey D. Rosendhal
NASA has been known since its creation as the agency of outer
space and charged with exploration of that frontier, yet exploration
"out there" has led to discovery in the classroom. |
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Running the
Line: The Astronomy of Mason and Dixon, Robert Mentzer
Meeting during the Venus transit of 1761, Charles Mason and
Jeremiah Dixon spent four years in America, running over 300
miles of boundary lines, often through trackless wilderness.
But how exactly were these lines determined? |
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Departments
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Editorial, James C. White II
Woolly Worm Wonders |
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Armchair
Astrophysics, Christopher Wanjek
What Satellites Do in Their Downtime |
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Planetary
Perspectives, Daniel D. Durda
Water Worlds Among Hot Jupiters |
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Echoes
of the Past, Katherine Bracher
25 Years Ago: The New Saturn System |
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Astronomer's
Notebook, Jennifer Birriel
Galaxy
Evolution Over Many Years |
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Societal
Impact , Marni Berendsen
Astronomy in the Parks |
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Annals
of Astronomy, Clifford J. Cunningham
Earthshine |
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Education
Matters, David Bruning
Teaching to the Test |
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Sky Events, Richard
Talcott
November Sky Map | December
Sky Map | January Sky Map
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Works
of Note |
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Society
Scope |
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Last
Word, Sandi Billings
Voices
of the Board |
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