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Bulletin at a GlanceNews |
August 20, 2010 | Planetary scientists have long considered the Moon dead, geologically speaking. But new high-resolution views of the lunar surface argue otherwise. > read more
Astro2010: U.S. Astronomy’s Crystal Ball
August 18, 2010 | If you had $12 billion to spend on ground- and space-based observatories over the next 10 years, how would decide what to build? A 255-page National Research Council study, just released, provides some answers. > read more
A Runaway Star with a Story To Tell
August 18, 2010 | Now streaking away in the Milky Way’s outermost halo, HE 0437-5439 had a very close run-in with the galaxy’s central black hole. And that was just the beginning. > read more
A New Twist on Dark Energy
August 19, 2010 | Careful observations of the galaxy cluster Abell 1869, so massive that it bends the light from dozens of distant galaxies, have given cosmologists a powerful new tool in their quest to understand dark energy. > read more
 S&T: Lauren Darby
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Tour August’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
July 30, 2010 | Venus, Mars, and Saturn dance in the west after sunset, while soon afterward giant Jupiter rises in the east — all that, and Perseid meteors too! Host: S&T’s Kelly Beatty. (6MB MP3 download: running time: 6m 48s) > read more
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August 20, 2010 | Spica joins Venus and Mars low in the afterglow of sunset. And late in the week, the Moon passes Jupiter. > read more
 R. E. Moore / Deer Pond Observatory
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August 16, 2010 | Most of us are just casual skygazers. But each year several amateur astronomers are honored for their true passion and dedication at awards ceremonies across the U.S. > read more
Home Computers Dredge Up Weird Pulsar
August 17, 2010 | The Einstein@Home project logs its first discovery, 17,000 light-years away in Vulpecula, through a computer in a couple’s basement. > read more
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