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February 2018

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Features

Cosmic firecrackers: The mystery of fast radio bursts

by Yvette Cendes

These bright but fleeting explosions unleash more energy than the Sun produces in a day — and yet we don’t even know what causes them.

New Horizons explores the Kuiper Belt

by S. Alan Stern

On January 1, 2019, NASA’s Pluto explorer will fly past a distant, enigmatic world left over from the solar system’s birth.

Explore the LMC

by Don Goldman, Josep Drudis

The Large Magellanic Cloud, the Milky Way’s largest satellite galaxy, contains a vast number of deep-sky gems.

Enceladus on Earth

by Michael Carroll, Rosaly Lopes

Michael Carroll and Rosaly Lopes visit Antarctica to learn what the frigid continent can tell scientists about icy moons.

Hunt Orion's deep-sky gems

by Phil Harrington

You know the Orion Nebula. Now discover many more telescopic sights within winter’s showpiece constellation.

Around the sky with a small scope

by Glenn Chaple

Think you need a huge telescope to get anything out of astronomy? Think again.

Meandering through Monoceros

by Michael E. Bakich

Spend some time observing the Unicorn’s wonders.

Fornax LighTrack II mount tested

by Jon Talbot

Light weight, ease of use, and high accuracy make this mount a terrific choice.

Columns

Next time you're in space...

by Bob Berman

Winter star clusters

by Phil Harrington

Constrained hallucinations

by Jeff Hester

Earth's 'shadow bands'

by Stephen James O'Meara

A successful eclipse adventure

by Glenn Chaple

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Sky this Month

A morning planet trio

StarDome and Path of the Planets

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Measuring the Sun's temperature

Clouds on gas giants

Our solar system

Seasonal changes on Mars

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