June 1995

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Features

The Sun's Fab Four

By Alan S. Stern

Ceres, Pallas, June, and Vesta weave a compelling tale about how minor planets form and evolve.

pg. 30

A Galaxy of News

By Dave Bruning

Recent findings in the cosmos: galaxies collide head-on, quasars blaze with no host galaxy, and spirals form in miniature versions.

pg. 40

A Friend for Life?

By Julie Paque

From molecules to amino acids to proteins to life - it happened on Earth. Could it have happened elsewhere too?

pg. 46

Sky Almanac

By Deborah Byrd, Rick Shaffer

The spotlight this month falls on Jupiter, which shines brightly all night, but don't miss the return of Comet d'Arrest.

pg. 54

Deep Sky on Four a Day

By Tom Polakis

The Herschel 400 may not have the renown of the 100-plus Messier objects, but they offer rewarding targets for a whole year's worth of deep-sky observing pleasure.

pg. 64

The Vanishing Rings of Saturn

By Julius Benton, Richard Talcott

Backyard observers can watch Saturn's appearance change from one week to the next as the planet's rings turn edge-on for the first time in 15 years.

pg. 70

Blasting Along the InfoBahn

By Dave Bruning

You've heard a lot about the Internet, now find out how to get on and what it offers astronomy enthusiasts.

pg. 74

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- Mars in Hubblevision
- Hubble Images Star Birth and Star Death
- Ghost Particle Sculpts the Universe
- Pulsar's Neon Implies White Dwarf Origin
- New Faces of the Moon
- Dry Run for the Space Station
- Dark Matter Abounds in Dwarf Galaxy
- Two by Two, Part II

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