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March 2006
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The world's best-selling astronomy magazine offers you the most exciting, visually stunning, and timely coverage of the heavens above. Each monthly issue includes expert science reporting, vivid color photography, complete sky coverage, spot-on observing tips, informative telescope reviews, and much more! All this in an easy-to-understand, user-friendly style that's perfect for astronomers at any level. |
Features By
Don Yeomans The Hayabusa probe revealed how different space rocks can be when it visited asteroid Itokawa. |
pg. 30 |
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Zdenek Sekanina For comets straying too close to the Sun, breaking up is easy to do. |
pg. 36 |
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Tim Palucka When the Mars rovers landed, mission scientists existed in martian time. |
pg. 42 |
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Trudy E. Bell NASA’s plans for human visits to the Moon and Mars may be waylaid by a common factor — dust. |
pg. 46 |
The universe across the spectrum By
Richard Talcott From radio waves to gamma rays, astronomers use all types of light to explore the cosmos. |
pg. 62 |
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Jacqueline Garget Radiation can damage DNA and even kill, and it permeates space. How can we protect astronauts? |
pg. 64 |
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Michael E. Bakich One special night can show you the northern sky’s 109 best objects. |
pg. 74 |
The fabulous foothill gang By
Tony Hallas Central California’s astronomical brain trust boasts imagers, inventors, and manufacturers. |
pg. 78 |
Have lens, will travel By
Phil Harrington Convenience, low cost, and good optics make for a fine pair of travel scopes. |
pg. 86 |
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