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Bulletin at a GlanceNews |
Kepler’s Outrageous System of Six Planets
February 2, 2011 | NASA’s Kepler space telescope has found1,200 likely new planets, including the most bizarre planetary system yet. > read more
Jupiter Swallows an Asteroid
January 31, 2011 | Some careful spectroscopic detective work has led astronomers to conclude that a cruise-ship-size asteroid — not a small comet — smacked into the king of planets in July 2009. > read more
Gemini Telescope’s “Bad-Seeing Blaster”
February 1, 2011 | Ten years in development, a new system now being tested in Chile uses a 50-watt laser to create a constellation of five artificial stars high in the atmosphere. The goal? Soon it will allow the giant Gemini Telescope to record ultrasharp views never before possible. > read more
March Digital Edition Available
January 17, 2011 | The digital edition of the March 2011 S&T is now available. > read more
 S&T: Lauren Darby
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Tour February’s Sky by Eye and Ear!
January 28, 2011 | February brings into view Orion and his faithful hunting dogs, a set of constellations that sparkle with bright, colorful stars. > read more
Saturn’s New Bright Storm
December 27, 2010 | A massive new storm in the ringed planet’s northern hemisphere is bright enough to see in small telescopes. > read more
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This Week’s Sky at a Glance
February 4, 2011 | The waxing crescent Moon passes Jupiter in the western evening sky this week, then meets up with the Pleiades. Bright Sirius guides the way to much littler star clusters and, if you’re in the latitudes of the southern U.S., Canopus. > read more
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