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June 2012 |
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Features Do billions of rogue planets drift through space? By
Steve Nadis Gravitational interactions may have untethered myriad worlds from their parent stars.
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By
Michael E. Bakich Here's how astronomers detect free-floating planets.
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The 6 most important numbers in the universe By
Bill Andrews Find out how the speed of light, the gravitational constant, and other big numbers govern the cosmos.
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Bill Andrews Now you can print out and keep tabs on some of science’s most important figures in style.
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Inside the world's most powerful machine By
Liz Kruesi With the Large Hadron Collider in Europe, scientists explore the highest energies and the smallest scales.
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How to view June's rare Venus transit By
Richard Talcott Don't miss your last chance to see Venus cross the Sun's face.
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Six nights under Namibia's dark skies By
Harel Boren Three amateur astronomers seek out celestial showpieces and some obscure dust-filled regions in the Southern Hemisphere.
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pg. 53 |
By
Karri Ferron The Southern Hemisphere is filled with countless spectacular deep-sky objects to photograph.
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Is telescope making dead? By
Michael E. Bakich Following World War II, most telescopes were homemade. Where are the amateur telescope makers today?
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"Astronomy" tests two all-sky cameras By
Tom Trusock Moonglow Technologies' All Sky Cam and Orion's StarShoot AllSky Camera will let you monitor the sky from horizon to horizon.
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Columns Bob Berman's Strange Universe  | By
Bob Berman |
Glenn Chaple's Observing Basics Stephen James O'Meara’s Secret Sky  | By
Stephen James O'Meara |
Tony Hallas’ Imaging the Cosmos  | By
Tony Hallas |
Departments The Sky this Month StarDome and Path of the planets Ask Astro In Every Issue This Month in Astronomy To Australia for this year's big eclipse! |
Beautiful Universe Letters Web Talk Astro News A new type of planet discovered |
IBEX samples interstellar wind |
Astro Confidential: Armin Rest |
Deep-sky showcase New Products Reader Gallery The Cosmic Grid
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