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November 2001 |
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Features Celebrating the Galactic Millennium By
Greg Laughlin, Fred Adams The next 250 billion years will see waves of star formation, a collision with our neighbor in Andromeda, and galaxies disappearing over the horizon. |
pg. 38 |
Nothing Gets Strung Out By
K. C. Cole Strangely beautiful or nothing short of bizarre - string theory and its eleven dimensions of space-time could hold the key to describing how our universe works. |
pg. 46 |
Magic at Two Microns By
William Schomaker Astronomers have completed the colossal task of mapping the entire sky at near-infrared wavelengths, leaving a legacy of thousands of stunning images. |
pg. 50 |
The Milky Way from the Inside By
Kelly Kizer Whitt Take 51 deep, wide-angle images of the night sky, combine them with some digital magic, and behold this spectacular color panorama of our galaxy. |
pg. 58 |
Celestial Portraits: Andromeda, Triangulum, and Aries By
Tom Polakis The biggest, brightest, and best galaxies in the northern sky beckon backyard observers on autumn evenings. |
pg. 64 |
The Simpler ... The Better By
Phil Harrington Tele Vue's new 4-inch refractor offers superb optics that will give you crisp views of the moon, planets, and favorite deep-sky objects. |
pg. 82 |
Departments Behind the Scenes Fresh Visions Sky Gem Talking Back AstroNews - Scientists Probe Life's Early Days
- When Darkness Ruled the Cosmos
- Tightening a Star's Belt
- Chandra Spies Whale of a Halo
- Just a Heavely Coincidence?
- Milky Way Mystery Solved
- Mystery Objects Wander M22 Sky Show The full moon occults Saturn, but the highlight should be a storm of Leonid meteors. Strange Universe Star Stuff Products
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