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July 2002 |
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Mario Livio The discovery that dark energy is causing the universe's expansion to accelerate has turned cosmology on its head. |
pg. 34 |
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Adam Frank The Telescopes in Education program is bringing big-time astronomy to thousands of students across the United States. |
pg. 40 |
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C. Renée James Harvard College Observatory scientist Edward C. Pickering had to look as far as his maid to find the perfect astronomical computer - Williamina Fleming. |
pg. 46 |
Two for One Messier Viewing By
Phil Harrington Get a bonus as you track selected bright deep-sky objects and find obscure, challenging, and amazingly distant objects lined up beside them. |
pg. 52 |
The Scoop on Italian Scopes By
John Shibley A quartet of stylish telescopes from Konus offers portability and power for deep-sky and planetary observers. |
pg. 66 |
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James E. Oberg Strange tales of things that go streak at night are explained clearly by extraordinary Earth satellites. |
pg. 70 |
Celestial Portraits: Hercules and Serpens Cauda By
Tom Polakis The Hercules Cluster and Eagle Nebula frame two star groups that also hold many galaxies. |
pg. 76 |
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